RE: Fwd: [Harp-L] eyes and harmonica playing

["John Balding" <John.Balding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My two cents worth...if it hasn't already been said. My apologies if it
has.

In the cross-harp style, and Blues chromatic, most "hard" playing is
done on the draw, not the blow for most people, unless you're heavy into
overblowing bends. And even then, the pressure is applied in more of a
spitting posture than an all-out blowing one.

John Balding
Tallahassee, FL

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Garry Hodgson
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:14 AM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Harp-L] eyes and harmonica playing

Joe and Cass Leone wrote:
>> I was told the boxers, trumpet players, and diabetics (in that order)

>> were suceptible.
i can see it being an issue for trumpet players and such.  but i don't
think
that harmonica players create nearly the kind of pressure that horn
players
do (the OP spoke of "wind instruments").  i think the concern on this 
list is
misplaced or overblown (so to speak).


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