[Harp-L] Getting a good note on the left side

[Robert Bonfiglio <bon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The best way to learn to play out of both sides of your mouth is to  
start on D hole 5 draw on chromatic.  Swish your tongue toward the D  
and the A in hole 3 opens up.  (If you hear the B in hole 4 before  
the A in hole 3 opens, you are in u-block)  After you can go back and  
forth between the D and A by corner switching until you sound like  
the police in Europe, then stop on the A in hole 3 on your left  
corner.  Blow the G in the same hole with the left side. Play G and A  
on the left side until you feel comfortable.  Now move to the F in  
hole 2 and then the E in hole 2 and then the D in hole one and back  
to E in hole 2, then F, then G then A all on the left side.  You are  
now playing left and can practice a D minor scale on the left corner  
from A to D and back.

All scales then can be practice left in the low register after this  
and both corners will become fluent.

Harmonically yours,

Robert Bonfiglio


http://www.robertbonfiglio.com