Re: [Harp-L] breathing from the throat

[John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Todd Allen is referring to Filisko talking about the kind of playing required for low-tuned harps. I don't remember if Filisko called it "breathing from the throat" or something else. 

I would say that breathing for good harp playing is from the diaphragm. But an important part of the breath control -- the airflow control -- is going on in the back of the mouth and in the throat. Gotta get those muscles working, including tongue muscles.

Related to throat vibrato for sure. 

Listen to James Cotton "Deep in the blues", on Verve.

John


> Do you mean "throat vibrato", getting that distinctive blues sound? If so,
> that is on a lot of harmonica lesson sites. I first learned it years ago
> from John Sebastion's lessons from Homespun tapes (when they were tapes). It
> was fantastic to be able to get that sound at last. If that is what you
> mean, it is just a matter of learning it, and once you got it, you got it,
> rather than you either got it or you don't. Maybe you meant something else,
> if so - oops.
> 
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM, todd allen <soundguyaudition@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
>> Where can I learn more about this “breathing from the throat” thing I’ve
>> been
>> hearing more about lately? is it something the that can be learned through
>> regular training? Or is it more like you either got it or you don’t.
>> 
>>