Re: [Harp-L] Blow Bending and Embouchures

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

I am using tongue block to refer to covering holes with the the front of the
tongue and blowing out either the right or left side of the mouth to sound a
note(s). Just as you described. U block I would use to refer to a technique
involving tongue rolling. I am not using a U block.

With a high F harmonica, I noticed that I could get the 10 hole blow bends
easier using a right side tongue block than using a pucker embouchure.
Actually, with a pucker embouchure I cannot even get that bend reliably.

Thanks for the reply,
Eric


On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Rick Dempster
<rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> What do you mean by a 'tongue block', exactly Eric? Do you mean your tongue
> blocking the left side of your mouth while blowing the single hole on the
> right, or a 'U' block, or....something else?
> RD
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