[Harp-L] Re: RE: Tongue-block (last one I swear...!)

[Ray Beltran <raybeltran@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis-

I know some pucker players who have massive tone, but I agree,  
Dennis... the ratio is in favor of TB'ers.

That being said, and taking into account those who pucker and have  
"full" tone, I think the true determining factor is this:

Do you play from your throat... or not?

Regardless of whether your pucker, tongue block, u-block z-block or  
whatever...

Playing from the throat is, I believe, a much greater factor in  
achieving maximum individual tone potential.

Ray.
www.resgraphics.com/music.html



On Jan 19, 2006, at 1:24 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> Subject: [Harp-L] RE: Tongue-block (last one I swear...!)
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> I agree that neither is "correct", unless you are
> speaking about attaining a specific sound or
> technique, in which case, quite a few things you can
> do with TB'ing you cannot do with the pucker style.
>
> I will add, and I understand quite a few people may
> disagree and/or be offended, but I find that much more
> players I listen to who use the pucker method have a
> thinner tone than the TB players I have heard.
>
> This is not to say all TB'ers have better, or bigger
> (meaning warmer, rounder, thicker, richer) tone than
> all pucker players. This is simply not true, but the
> ratio is quite different.
>
> I understand this may be "my idea" of what good tone
> is, so to each his own.
>
> When you look at the legendary sax players Lester
> Young & Coleman Hawkins, they have two totally
> different sounds and approaches. Most people would
> describe Hawkins' sound as big & full-bodied, and
> Lester's as softer & lighter. However I prefer
> Lester's sound & style...and I find it warmer in
> general, but two different sounds can be "correct".
>
> -Dennis Gruenling
> www.dennisgruenling.com
>
> PS - boy, am I glad I won't be around long to see how
> heated this gets...!