RE: [Harp-L] Deep bends in tongue block

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the lower harps, both with puckering and tongue-blocking, I've always not
been able to bend the first time or two I'd play the harp.
As others have suggested, it always seems to come eventually.
And, the motion as others have already said is somehow more
pronounced/exaggerated.  But it does happen and reliably enough to play.
Brad Trainham
 

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Subject: [Harp-L] Deep bends in tongue block


David Steenken wrote:
Are deep bends on diatonic harps keyed below C possible?.....snip..... Is
there some special technique for tongue-block bends? 


  David, yes deep bends and 99.999% of anything else is possible to play
with tongue blocking vs 
pursing.  Sorry that i can't offer more specific instructions for you - my
only advice is to keep 
practicing at it and it will come.  For more info you can check the
archives, perhaps under the 
subject, "tongue blocking vs. lip pursing" or somesuch.
ron

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