Re: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Questions for those who teach

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/28/05, Ludo Beckers wrote:
>   Weren't you at Filisko's workshop in Trossingen?
>   If so, you probably remember how he showed tongue block 
> technique, using a device he made with holes in it.

Fernando Bresslau wrote:
> Could you describe it better, please? I didn't have time to go to 
> Filisko's WS... :-)

Joe has a device made from a section of a plastic milk jug handle with 
holes drilled in it the same spacing as a diatonic harmonica.  The 
plastic is translucent white, and he's cut away the cross section.  He 
can hold it in his mouth and show the position of the tongue blocking 
the holes, to demonstrate effects like split octaves, flutters and 
such.  Pretty neat idea.  

-tim