RE: [Harp-L] tongue roll - same as tongue flutter?

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> [QUOTE] As an aside, I'm finding out that one can do much without sliding 
> the harp
> over the lips or vice-versa.  The jaw flick is a new and useful tool to me 
> and I imagine the wrist->wobble trill will be, too.

> Michelle

That jaw-flick is exceptionally valuable when it comes to playing 
ornamentations in traditional Irish tunes.  Brendan Power has mentioned it 
in his writings on Irish music on harmonica, and he says he got the idea 
from the harmonica-playing Murphy family of Wexford.  I find it much more 
reliable for getting those little "cuts" than head-shaking or harp-shaking.

Steve


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