Re: Tongue blocking on chrom: THANKS FOR HELP

["Scorcher" <s_c_o_r_c_h_e_r@xxxxxxx>]

Jason Paul Stolaruk said:

> Hey all, thanks for answering my question regarding the chrom and
tongue
> blocking.  I was surprised to hear that some players focus on a
pucker
> embroucher!

Puckering is just as "valid" and probably MORE common than TB'ing.
Most of the "veteran" players (no, I'm not including myself in that
group) use a combination of embrouchures.

<SNIP>
> Beyond that, the off-list

Gee....it's really disappointing that many of your responses were
off-list.
I subscribe to Harp-L because I enjoy reading all the ON-list posts
about just this sort of thing....
Y'know..it has been pretty quiet out there...I say something wrong?
;-)

> responses I got were conclusive that people are using their tongues
in all kinds
> of imaginable ways to produce different effects (chords, partial
chords,
> octaves, arpegios, tremelos) at different times.


>  I have no intentions of re-starting an embroucher debate, but am
interested in
> hearing what people are doing and what techniques you are using).

Me, too, Jason!
(I don't mind a LITTLE debate - it's good for the circulation!)

- -Scorcher