Re: [Harp-L] breathing from the throat

[John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like Iceman's grapefruit analogy. 

I seem to recall a similar analogy for how to overblow the 1-blow on low harps -- imagine you are coughing up a golf ball.

John


> Yes the one that was just posted today and I've heard that same type of 
> reference several other places also, Not sure I meant vibrato, more like opening 
> it up for a full head throat resonant chamber. I found other tips here and there 
> that refer to playing from the throat. but didn't really explain how to get it.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 7:38:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] breathing from the throat
> 
> 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.
>>> 
>>>