[Harp-L] Harmonica Linguistics or #sharps are essential over flat bends

["Billy James" <billyjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've occasionally taught harmonica for lot's of years and I've always found it best to try to 'keep it simple'. 
Here's a few ideas I'll try to communicate which help people shape their notes. Firstly everyone has rhythm. Always tap your foot when making music.We have rhythm as we walk, we breathe, we talk, we snore etc.
How do we form the tones that make words?
We obviously learnt to 'talk' as babies. 
*The mechanics and linguistic skills to say words now is naturally created without forethought or analysis.
We can 'accentuate or soften' and 'paint' with 'word tones'? When talking, with breathing 'Rhythm between words, we fill air into our lungs whilst stalling the diaphragm. With 'Blues' harp we basically stall the air on the inhale to our diaphragm and quickly expel it between notes and phrases. 
The harmonica is a 'lingual instrument' not something we 'suck and blow' like factory squeeze boxes. 
It's a glorified whistle. A 'tone' whistle.
Words like Te, too, de, Ta.. [when inhaled are a # sharp pitched 'tone'] that tone can be a full stop * [staccato] or a hyphen -[vibrato faded] and the tongue is on the roof of the mouth majorly behind the teeth on top or behind lips in whistle shape. This is the 'Sharp.. nasty' or faded 'sweetened' tone is essential to really good faded vibrato and 'higher pitch' aggressive gnarliness.
Words like Cook, Cake, Kook...karrr come from the back of the throat as mentioned [speak it to become aware?]. Inhaled these duller tones are the [b] flats or bends.
We gently and easily switch to and from to enunciate words. 
My tone is really 'basically' about slightly/quickly catching the reed with the throat on the flat then sweetly fading/pitching  to a sharpened vibrato note. Or 'back and forth'...step or slide bending?
The reeds in a harmonica [remember] are about the size of a 'beetles wing'. They need to be very gently coaxed. Really good puckered lip seal is essential to sealing the chamber. Otherwise a wispy unexecuted note is the issue. Air is surely escaping from the 'crinkle of a granny kiss' instead of getting on that thing with the moisture of the inside of the lips.The harp is molded for 'lip pucker shape' or let off on chords.
Hand to mouth vibrato is accomplished when the harp is held against the cheek with one hand and bounced on the lips or tongue blocked throat vibrato [that's another deal altogether].
My point: Good lip seal essential for single hole notes, very gentle inhaled attack mainly from throat to fade at front of mouth 'spaghetti inhale [pitched sharp vibrato]. Listen... sweeten that fade. 
The 'flattened bend' is not half as important as the 'sweetened vibrato' for great tone.  
Flats and sharps are like painting with dull or bright colors? Coax those notes and feels?
Now folks..that's enough B.S. how about we try to work out... how one creates
 SUPERCALAFRAGILISTICEXPIALADOIOUS
inside your mouth? It's rather DISCOMBOBULATING to say the least.