Re: [Harp-L] middle of tongue wag

["scooter" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've always called it a tongue warble. For me it's just playing an octave 
and flapping my tongue back and forth. Try
to flap your tongue from side to side with no harp. Do it with your whole 
tongue, don't worry about keeping the tip
grounded. Now when you play an octave do the same thing. Again, don't think 
about the tip of the tongue. Just flap
the tongue. The harp will keep the tip still. In reality it is like tongue 
switching in the sense that you play from both sides
but much cruder and faster.

Hopefully that helps a little.

Scooter


> Both Joe FIlisko and James Conway have shown me this and tried to explain 
> it but I am confused.
>  Apparently, you play an octave with the tip of your tongue.  You hold the 
> tip steady on the harp.  The middle of your tongue wags left and right and 
> you get a cool flutter.
>
>  My tongue won't stand still.  I have practiced by putting the tip of my 
> tongue on the back of my bottom teeth and wagging the back of the tongue 
> left and right, touching the molars with each wag.  Then I try it with the 
> harp and all sorts of  uncoordination occur.  Help?
>
>  This is not a tongue switch, I can do that.
>
>  Michael Rubin
>  Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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