Re: [Harp-L] Re: 2 Questions from newbie ~ embouchre

["Abner Galdos" <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Blueharp thanks for asking the questions.. and thanks for your guys answering them..
I'm still learning and struggling with single notes the same mouth and lips thing..
I know its very hard to try and explain something you don't see but have to feel. 
I truly appreciate all the effort....

abner (blueyes, and infant to the blues)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Blueharp1@xxxxxxx 
  To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 12:52 PM
  Subject: [Harp-L] Re: 2 Questions from newbie ~ embouchre


  Okay, maybe just me, and if it is I'd like to be informed and educated ~  but 
  "with the lips being actually not in contact with the harmonica except at  
  the corners of the mouth" is making no sense to me. How can the upper and lower  
  lips NOT be in contact with the harp "except at the corners" without 
  comprising  your "seal" and inviting a huge influx of air both above and below the  
  harp? Am I missing something here?
   
  Jeff G
  Denver CO
   
   
   
  In a message dated 1/15/2009 11:18:58 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
  harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

  If a lip purse player can get the front of the harp in against the   
  corners of the mouth, tilt the holes down slightly, drop the  lower  
  jaw and keep it relaxed, and produce air from the  diaphragm, ALL  
  notes will be easier to play, tone will be  consistently deeper and  
  fatter and you won't have to adjust  lip position. It also helps to  
  make as large an opening with  the lips as physically possible  
  consistent with getting a  single note, which requires that the inside  
  of the  mouth adjacent to the edge of the lips grip the harmonica with   
  the lips being actually not in contact with the harmonica except  at  
  the corners of the mouth--this has sometimes been referred  to as  
  "fish mouth".

  JP

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