Re: [Harp-L] Artificially producing bends

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

The best that to explain or demonstrate 'bending'
is by whistling.

If you can whistle then you should
be able to feel what happens in your mouth when you
whistle a note and then make the note sound lower.

You can feel your tongue lower and or pull back a bit.


Ken H in OH



--- Nick Noviello <noviello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Many of us have tried to explain bending to
> beginners (or perhaps to 
> ourselves.) I got curious about whether the oral
> environment that 
> results in bends could be simulated artificially, so
> I experimented 
> with drawing on different lengths of plastic tubing
> of various 
> diameters and bends, inserted into the holes. (like
> using a large 
> flexible straw between my mouth and the harmonica.)
> I thought it'd be 
> nice to demystify the process and show exactly what
> had to happen to 
> the air flow to produce bends.
> 
> No luck so far!
> 
> Has anyone else with too much time on their hands
> tried this? Any 
> suggestions? Shouldn't it be possible, in theory?
> 
> Thanks for this great list!
> 
> Nick
> 
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