[Harp-L] Embouchre clarificattion

[Blueharp1@xxxxxxx]

JP, I think the confusion may be just a matter of semantics...I read your  
original post as saying the lips are not in contact with the harp, except at the 
 corners of the mouth. Re-reading your post, you may have been saying the 
lips  are not in contact with the FRONT of the harp, except at the courners of 
the  mouth.
Or that that only the insides of the lips are in contact...
Yes? 
I know, its a pretty abstact thing to talk about, and much easier to see  and 
do.
 
Jeff G
Denver
 
In a message dated 1/16/2009 11:50:02 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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