RE: [Harp-L] 9 and 10 blow out

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I find it helpful to puff out my cheeks a bit when I blow bend the upper
notes. This may be dampening the force of the air I am pushing through
the harp. I believe this method also gives your toungue some room to
help shape the notes, or add spice (tongue vibrato, etc.).

I probably learned 9/10 blow bending on lower keyed harps (G, A, Bb)
available during the Nixon era. I know it was Pat Ramsey playing "Honest
I Do" that got me trying to actually make music past the 7 hole. Likely
I had to progress to the C harp and more irritating sounds in higher
keyed harps. So, in my personal opinion... lower keyed harps are best
for 8/9/10 blow bends.

Finally, you might want to let us know if you can blow bend 9 and 10 on
lower keyed stock harps.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Hines
>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:40 AM
>To: TomEHarp@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] 9 and 10 blow out
>
>
>Blow lighter. It's sometimes tough to get the sounds out of 
>those 9/10 holes and takes practice. Did they ever work? Are 
>you pretty new to harp? Excuse that question if you are 
>experienced and there is something genuinely wrong with your 
>harps, you don't say if you are new. It's not likely that you 
>have more than one defective harp. For some reason, I find the 
>upper register much easier to play when I'm tongue-blocking 
>rather than puckering. You can open the harps and tinker with 
>the gapping of the reeds, but I wouldn't recommend that if you 
>are new to the harp, it's probably related to your embochure/technique.
>
>Bill Hines
>Hershey, PA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of TomEHarp@xxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:26 AM
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Harp-L] 9 and 10 blow out
>
>i'm doing some songs that i'm doing some 9 and 10 blows on a c harp.my 
>problem is they don't work. the harps are only 2 weeks 
>old.they are marine bands.is 
>there anyway i can repair this problem??
>
>
>thanks for any help
>tom in ct.
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