Re: [Harp-L] (no subject)

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Kazan is situated in  Russia on the Volga river.

I guess its cold your way to, you have my sympathy. Spring should be here 
any day now at least in Montreal.

PS who is Winslow?

He's the daddy of the list, highly respected. A really nice person who helps 
out with theory questions and who usually stays out of heated discussion. I 
guess he's seen them all.

> i'm trying to learn tonque blocking but it's a problem to produce bends
> should I change to pucker while bending and overblowing?

Its up to you, its great if you can tongue block (I guess), but it takes 
time away from other things. I would suggest to keep trying it now and then, 
I'm sure it will click at some point. There are so many new things to learn, 
I'm not sure we should bother learning redundant techniques.

I use my tongue for octaves, but not for bending. I have tried bending 
tongue blocked bends (a bit), but they sound very weak (sort of muffled). 
There does not seem to be enough airflow, seems to me my tongue gets in the 
way of the airflow??? also I'm  a bit tongue tied, can't stick my tongue out 
past my lips. Any good tongue blockers out there tongue tied at all?

Pierre.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ALEXANDER MAGER" <magerlab@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 4:56 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] (no subject)


Hello!
It's Alexander again.
Kazan is situated in  Russia on the Volga river.
It's like living on another planet. there are not much info of harps. 
internet helps a lot. I play harp seriously for about 4 years. In generally 
i played for 10 years, but it was very poor. only 1st and 2nd positions with 
few bends.

but since that time I progreesed a lot.
My aim is to play jazz on diatonic.
i'm trying to learn tonque blocking but it's a problem to produce bends
should I change to pucker while bending and overblowing?
thanks
PS who is Winslow?
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