Re: [Harp-L] Butterfield a u-blocker???



I have been shown a curled tongue embuchure by two flautists (not of any repute, incidences were 25yrs apart) both local to me & may have been advised by the same tutor, but did not know each other directly). I'm not suggesting that this is in any way standard practice for the flute, nor associating any kind of provenance with regard to Butterfield...but maybe we'd consider that even within the main embouchures used by harp players, I know people who attach the instrument to their face in a manner that no one else to my knowledge does.
 
What Butterfield did do was really breath from the diaphragm, doing this with any embouchure (let's face it all pucker players don't sound the same, neither do TB'ers...my philosophy is "if you have to ask, you can't tell...what's good is good") is going to improve your game.


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From: Cara Cooke <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2012, 2:29
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Butterfield a u-blocker???

I have no idea how he played.  However, I would submit to you that playing
the flute is no indication as to his choices in harmonica embouchures.  I
played the french horn and I U-block.  U-blocking has no place with the
french horn either.


On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Tom Ellis <tellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I doubt it.  His initial training was as a flautist, where u-blocking has
> no
> place.  None of the people I interviewed indicated he did anything other
> than lip playing except for octaves, etc.  However almost all of them, who
> understood harmonica technique, told me could tongue block anytime he
> wanted.  U-blocking is highly doubtful from my research..TOM ELLIS/Tom's
> Mics
>
>


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