[Harp-L] re: nasal embouchure

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to Tom Ball for the link.  Glad to see others are taking up  
the nasal embouchure: for a while I was afraid I was the only one.

If I could have gone to the conventions this year no doubt I would  
have sickened a few people with this technique.  It's really not  
hard, though I'm not sure if it has an advantage.  What I want to  
work on next is using both the nasal and oral embouchure  
simultaneously.  It's difficult, and mitigated by the fact that I  
should probably learn circular breathing first (so as to be able to  
play the two semi-independently), but it could open up a world of  
possibilities.  Another thing I've thought of is not using a  
harmonica per se for the nasal instrument, but rather a blow  
accordion (with a tube of sorts) as that way I could play chords,  
which are difficult with the nasal harmonica.  A melodia would work,  
but if you are playing harp at the same time you'd want to be able to  
both blow and draw, so a blow accordion might be better...



 ()()    JR "Bulldogge" Ross
()  ()   & Snuffy, too:)
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