[Harp-L] 1 OB

[George Brooks <gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Anyone have hints about
>sustaining 1 hole OB?

Try tensing your diaphragm.  Yawn, and note what happens to your 
diaphragm.  Try holding the tension it without the yawn.  When your 
diaphragm gets strong, it might then be possible to sustain the 1 OB.  
There are a number of good diaphragm exercises.  I know Richard Hunter 
posted some years ago.  Train rhythms can work for this.   (If your 
diaphragm is already strong, you're good to go.)

I agree with Chris that it's important to create a large resonant 
cavity.  You can sometimes squeak out the one OB, but you've got to get 
it in a more full-throated way if you want to sustain it.  You need to 
hit and then hold a  precise *low* resonant point.  Precision comes 
with practice, but if you do not support the note with your diaphragm, 
the effort to sustain it will be fruitless, and frustrating.

George