[Harp-L] re: tongue block and bending

[rainbowjimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Good tone comes from playing from the diaphragm-you should feel your  
stomach moving in and out. Drop your jaw. Relax your body. Stick the  
harp way in your mouth. Bend from the back of the throat.

If I stick the harp way in, it's easier to tongue block. There's also  
riffs like Juke that are easier to play tongue block and riffs like  
Fox Hunt that are easier to play pucker.Tonewise I can't hear the  
difference. To me Junior Wells and Sonny Terry sound as good as Little  
Walter and James Cotton.

Rainbow Jimmy
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