Re: [Harp-L] Three Standard Embouchures

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I disagree.  Lip block and pucker are synonyms, they are doing the same
thing slightly differently, imo.  The third embouchure is U blocking.
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Aug 22, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] wrote:
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> > This issue is often problematic, but perhaps SPAH could standardize some
> harmonica vernacular (even though 'comping' seems to have been rejected).
> >
> > There are three standard embouchures for use with the harmonica:
> >
> > (1) "Lip-Block" with the harmonica held at the upward angle (back to
> front) sufficient to primarily use the lower-lip for blocking holes to the
> side; the standard embouchure for bending on the Diatonic harmonica.
>
> Standard?
> >
> > (2) "Pucker" with the harmonica held nearer to level (back to front)
> than with the "Lip-Block" and often used for trilling and overbends and
> other special effects.
>
> Like that can't be done with TB?
> joe 'sierra' Leone
> >
> > (3) "Tongue-Block" used generally with the Chromatic harmonica _or_ with
> the Diatonic harmonica specifically for corner-playing and octaves and
> various intervals and slaps and other special effects.
> >
> > /Neil (" https://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Ashby-II/100004575466934
> ")
> >
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