Re: [Harp-L] Embouchure: deja vue all over again

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

Nobody has mentioned the lip-poursing chord vamping where you open your 
lips from one hole to about three.   You start with the single hole then widen 
your mouth to get a chord as the original single note continues to sound as 
you vamp on the chord.

The problem with this technique is that the melody note or lead note is in 
the center of the chord rather than at the top (highest note) so it doesn't 
quite sound the same.

But it is one way to get something that sounds a little bit like a tongue 
slap using the pucker, lip block, whistle shape, spit shape et al.

This works for Americana songs, folk songs.

It also deals with notes on the first three holes without using a left 
corner switch (tongue block). Such as the boogie bass line starting in hole 1 on 
the C harp. For the C chord - C E G A Bb A G E on the C harp or the D chord 
D F# A B C B A F#.

Hope this helps.
Phil







In a message dated 9/11/10 8:53:34 AM, hvyj@xxxxxxx writes:


> Martin Oldsberg opines as follows concerning tongue blocking:
> 
> "But of course it is a bit annoying when you hear those blues guys 
> going on and on with their own rhytm backing and realise you don´t 
> have much to fetch in that compartment."
>