[Harp-L] Original Reason for Tongue-Blocking

["Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There has been much long discussion pertaining to Tongue-Blocking versus Lip-Blocking (and Puckering) for the diatonic harmonica.

Tongue-Blocking on the diatonic harmonica is quite useful for Octaves and a few other combinations of separated notes BUT the original reason for Tongue-Blocking seems to be that the old Chromatic harmonica was too _thick_ for Lip-Blocking (or Puckering); that large block of wood simply inhibited any other method of operation.

Comments?

/Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")