Re: [Harp-L] Original Reason for Tongue-Blocking

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

perhaps TB was in the mind of the creator of diatonic harmonicas in Germany...made to play melody and accompaniment for pop tunes of this era.


my thoughts are that chromatics came later.



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Sandy <slyou65@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 12:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Original Reason for Tongue-Blocking


Neil,

Was the large block of wood any thicker than, say, a 364?  I use both methods on 
all my harmonicas, including several 364's and the narrower 365's.  They work 
slightly different than thinner combs/covers but once one gets used to them 
there isn't much noticable difference.  I don't have a bass nor two foot long 
axe so I am not including them in this discussion.  Perhaps someone who uses 
them can chime in?

Lockjaw Larry
Breathing Music daily


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On Thu, 8/14/14, Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Subject: [Harp-L] Original Reason for Tongue-Blocking
 To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
 Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 12:42 PM
 
 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/
 ")