Re: [Harp-L] why can't I bend?
In a message dated 8/11/2007 12:24:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx writes:and writes again.
Two of the questions I forgot to ask are what kind of harps are you
playing, and what keys are they in? Some keys are easier to bend then
others, depending on the person and technique of course.
Never say die my brutha. I've seen people who eventually got good at harp
struggle a long time to get bends down. I gotta ask you a couple of
questions.
Do you have single notes down real good. You have to be able to control all
of the air coming into, or going out of your mouth through that one hole,
with
no air escaping around the sides, to be able to bend correctly. When you
can
do that think of trying to get a real think milkshake up through a straw,
what your tongue does, and do it without tightening up your lips on the
outside
of the harp. Let your lips be relaxed and do all of the sucking of the
straw
(so to speak) with your tongue. When you tighten up your lips too much
trying to bend you lose the concentrated air thing and it's almost
impossible to
bend.
I don't know if that is of any help and I probably was redundant (I
heard the milkshake analogy here) but maybe if you try that this time,
and
add to it anything else that helps you can pull it off. Maybe doing that
and
tilting the harp a little. Everybody has to find their own combination of
things to play harp anyway.
Stay focused grasshopper..........breathe in.....breathe
out........very important breathe.
You'll get it dude, stay with it.
Randy
BiscuitBoy Blues
In a message dated 8/11/2007 11:18:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
aber@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I think some air is traveling around my tongue instead of over it. This
might be the reason I only get a baby bend. With the excpetion of a tongue
transplant, anybody have any gems i can try or similar experience that has
not
already been shared? Should I surrender or dig in for the long battle?
Steve
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