Re: [Harp-L] Technique u blocking

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use all 3 embouchures.  I think U blocking sounds best on the chrome for
single notes, enables some fast licks on both harps and really kicks butt
on the high notes on the diatonic.  To me, the amount of effort in AU
blocking is the same as it is for any embouchure.  However, I will gladly
put forth more effort if the tione is better or it creates a more exciting
feeling.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I would agree with Richards logic  about embouchure .....and Norton was
> marvelous !
>
> Mike Wilbur
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > MARK BURNESS wrote:
> > <Can anyone point me to the commandment, written in stone, that dictates
> that anyone who switches embouchure to achieve a certain <technique will be
> smote by a thunderbolt from above? Turned to a pillar of salt perhaps?
> > <
> > <Very, very few players adhere to one single embouchure for everything
> they do (they do exist & may even be high profile, but are <statistically a
> very small group), most players switch embouchures in normal playing &
> certainly to facilitate certain <effects...it's legal, honest! ;-)
> >
> > All true. That said, I fail to see what can be done with a u-block that
> can't be done--and probably more easily--with a pucker or a tongue block.
> >
> > I know and love Norton Buffalo's work, but he is one of the very few
> u-blockers whose work I admire, compared to an army of puckerers (Toots,
> Stevie, Musselwhite...) and tongue blockers (need I name names?).  I think
> the reasons are this: it's easier for most people to do it with a pucker or
> a block, and the constraints that u-blocking puts on a player don't exist
> with those other techniques.
> >
> > To me, achieving equivalent performance with less effort = better.
> >
> > Regards, Richard Hunter
> >
> >
> >
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