Fw: Re: [Harp-L] Tongue Block Bending Holes 8 to 10 - and tongue blocked overbends

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Tongue Block Bending Holes 8 to 10
To: glenlabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 4:16 PM

Glen - 

There are some people who overblow through a tongue block (Joe Filisko, Dennis Gruenling), but they're in the minority and tend not to be players who use overblows a lot.

I've experimented off and on (more off than on) with tongue-blocked overblows, and after a long time of not-very-concentrated study, they're starting to come more easily. I still find it much easier to overbend with a pucker. Someday, though . . . 

Winslow

--- On Mon, 7/7/08, glenlabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <glenlabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: glenlabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <glenlabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Tongue Block Bending Holes 8 to 10
To: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 2:48 PM




Winslow Said:
 
Tongue blocking the high bends is definitely do-able.
 
Related Question:
 
    Are tongue blocking Overblows do-able.  I use tongue blocking almost exclusively and have trouble getting overblows using tongue blocking.  Should I switch to pucker for the overblow to pop out?
 
Glenn
 
-------------- Original message from WinslowWinslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 


> Tongue blocking the high bends is definitely do-able. 
> That said, when you first try it, you face two challenged that are bundled 
> togethe but are actually completely unrelated: 
> 
> 1) bending blow notes instead of draw notes 
> 2) bending notes that are very high in pitch and require a smaller resonant 
> chamber than lower pitched notes. 
> One thing that can help you get started is to try it on a  low-pitched harp - G, Low F, Low D, etc. This gets the range of the notes you're trying to bend closer to the range of notes you can already bend as draw notes and gives you a chance to focus a bit more on the fact that they're blow notes you're trying to bend. As you gain skill in doing
 tongue-blocked blow bends, you can start trying out 
> your new skills on higher pitched harps. 
> 
> Winslow 
> 
> --- On Sat, 7/5/08, Tony Renshaw wrote: 
> From: Tony Renshaw 
> Subject: [Harp-L] Tongue Block Bending Holes 8 to 10 
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 7:00 PM 
> 
> I am wondering if anyone has had any success with tongue block bending the 
> top end of the harp? I am happy with all the other bends, but the point is I 
> am wondering if it is "do-able", as the top end bends require quite a 
> forceful pucker, whereas tongue block bends still seem to allow a relaxed 
> embrouchure. All ears about the lips. 
> Reg 
> Tony Renshaw 
> Sydney Australia 
> 
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