Re: [Harp-L] Re: questions about high keyed harps

[Gary Popenoe <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

You know, I've come to consider it that I use my whole body to play  
the note. Posture, diaphram support from the abdomen muscles,  
breathing from the diaphram, throat, tongue, soft palate, head  
position, body attitude.

Singing is the closest technique I have found to playing harmonica.  
The main difference is that my vocal chords are  out there just in  
front of my teeth.

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On Sep 15, 2008, at 8:01 AM, "shockley" <shocklee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> John F. Potts wrote:
> (although the breath attack, NOT the embouchure, must be varied  
> depending
> upon the key and particular note/hole being played).
>
> Exactly, except not quite exactly.... I have noticed this same  
> thing. When I am
> good and warmed up after playing for a while and my breathing is  
> good, I notice
> that my breath adjusts automatically for the note I am playing and  
> the needed
> tone for the feeling in the song at that moment. But I also notice a  
> change in the
> tension and shape of my lips, tongue, etc., which is reflexive, or  
> you might say,
> "one with" the change in breath attack. So, really, you're both  
> right -- and both wrong.
>
> My 2c (which I am willing to let go below cost -- contact me offlist  
> for details)
> Shockley
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