Re: [Harp-L] Pucker and Tongue Block

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

When you articulate a tongued P, you start with a normal tongue block. 


--The left edge of your tongue is touching the left corner of your mouth, where upper and lower lips meet.

--The right edge of your tongue does not touch the right corner of your mouth, because that's where you have an opening for air to pass between your mouth and the harmonica.

--When you close the gap between the right edge of your tongue and the right corner of your mouth, then open it again, you get a tongued P.

If you try this without a harmonica, you place the tip of your tongue between your lips so that the only opening is in the right corner of your mouth. Push your tongue forward slightly to close the gap, then retract it again and you'll hear a sound that resembles "Puh."

 
Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
Columnist, harmonicasessions.com


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 From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Pucker and Tongue Block
 
Winslow,
I do not know what you mean.  I cannot close my lips together when
tongue blocking because the harp is between the lips.

It still feels like a T to me, perhaps we are talking about two
different things.  I will agree that the pucker T uses more of the tip
of the tongue against the roof and the tb T uses more on the top front
of the tongue.
Michael

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I call this sound "tongued P" because it sounds like a P when you say it without the harp, and it is executed like a P, as it involves closing your mouth at the lips instead of the "T" action of tapping your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
>
> Tongued P gives the crispest articulation that is possible with a tongue block.
>
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Pucker and Tongue Block
>
> You can make the T sound with your tongue on the harp.  It is more
> difficult to do fast triplets.
> Michael
>
> <snip>
>