[Harp-L] Re: Bending while tongue blocking

[G <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:47:29 -0600
>From: Wayne Openlander <engineering@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [Harp-L] Bending while tongue blocking
>It is possible?

Bending while TB - yes.

>Is it possible to bend the one two or three holes while tongue blocking?

  With 1 or 2 holes - Yes. With three or more holes theres no point in
putting your tongue forward to block any holes.

>Hit the note bent?

Yes.  There are MANY blues recordings where players do this as a matter of
course.

>With the one hole on the left draw on the right or left side of the mouth? 
>or either?

I don't quite understand this question.  However...
You can bend notes from the left or right side of your mouth with tongue
block - although it requires you've put the practice in and you're familiar
with the technique.

You can play either a double stop (two notes) or a split double stop (two
notes, one note each side of your tongue/mouth, seperated by 1, 2 or 3
holes in the middle) AND bend the lower note down while hardly bending the
higher note.  It takes practice, but its been done.

>No guessing please.
>Wayne

No guessing here.
-- G.