Re: [Harp-L] Teaching to bend

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

Bending is initiated and controlled by the tongue - not the throat.
 
Hold the throat open in the pre-yawn attitude.
 
Raise areas of the tongue towards the back (the "guh" "kuh" areas as target  
points) for inhale bends. If you were to use your tongue to scratch the back 
of  your throat, it would be curved in a similar way. The challenge is to find 
that  sweet spot - the small area of the tongue towards the back - that 
creates all  the bending, and move it.
 
Most people who bend indiscriminately are indeed moving the proper area of  
the tongue, but are bundling it will a lot of unneeded movement of the throat,  
jaw and tongue. Remove what you don't need and find the essence of the bend 
in  minimal tongue movement.
 
The Iceman



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