Re: [Harp-L] Tongue blocking and speed / SPAH '06

[<jruss433@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree.  Great panel discussion and great playing as well.  All of those 
guys are strong purveyors of excellent tone, regardless of their embouchure 
and that's what made that discussion particularly interesting for me.

I've always been a purser and Dennis really got me thinking about TB a few 
years ago.  I really don't use it enough yet in most cases for it to be 
effective in my attack, but I have learned that my embouchure needs to 
change somewhat to accomodate its use.  That realization has helped me 
refine my tone.

I learn a lot from other players on how to access notes from different 
strategies and methods (e.g. bends, overblows, blowbends, varied positions, 
etc), but good tone sometimes gets overlooked in the search for the notes. 
Having said that, what I noticed most about all those guys when they were 
playing was not so much the notes they were playing and how they were 
getting those notes;  but rather, their consistent delivery of pure, deep 
tone.

Mark Russillo
a.k.a. The Rhode Island Kid