RE: [Harp-L] Bending while tongue blocking?

[James Conway <harp3333@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ryan,

I encounter a lot of players that switch over to pucker from tongue-blocking when they want to do the blow bends, overblows, or overdraws because they can't get them using TB, but all these can be played with a TB embouchre out of either side of the mouth with a little practice. I'm not a huge overblower/drawer but when I need one I can get it and bend it a little using TB. Try to get a good tight seal with your TB embouchre and with practice you should be able to get nice, clean draw and blow bends.

cheers,
Jim Conway

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www.jamesconway.net

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> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:48:55 -0600
> From: mississippi.sax@xxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Bending while tongue blocking?
> 
> Hello,
> Lately I've been working on getting my tongue blocking down.  I've been
> doing pretty good.  I've even been tongue switching to be able to t-block
> the 1st hole.  Now I am trying to bend while t-blocking and have been having
> a real hard time.  I was told to switch back to a pucker to do bends, but it
> seems like a hassle to be switching embouchers all the time?  Do most people
> switch to do bends?  If not, does anyone have any tips they could share on
> bending while using a t-block embouchure?
> 
> Thanks!