Re: [Harp-L] Tongue-Blocked Bends



I use the left tongue block for most single notes, including blowbends, and even found overblows this way. I do occasionally bend with the left side (right tongueblock) though, if something really tricky comes up and requires corner switching, or even both sides at the same time, it's not that hard once you figure it out. Keep trying! 


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:56:56 -0400

>Tongue blockers - when you are bending hole 1, 2 or 3 draw, are you
>right-tongue blocking (tongue on the right, exposing holes to the left side
>of your mouth) or is your tongue blocking holes on the left side of your
>mouth and the harp? Seems like the most effective would be to be able to use
>the former for these holes, and then switch over to bend on 4 and up. But
>pretty tough learning tongue-blocked bends out of both sides of the mouth
>(in fact, even just for one). I can hit them all with pucker, just trying to
>be versatile with the embochures. I know, just keep at it until it works,
>but tips appreciated.
>
>Bill Hines
>
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