Re: [Harp-L] Re: Standard embouchures

[Paul Marconi <pmarcons@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe I've led a sheltered life......

1.  I had never heard of "lip blocking"  before this post.

2.  I was only familiar with "lip pursing" and "tongue blocking".  In my
mind  "U- blocking" (ala Norton Buffalo) is a form of tongue blocking.
#.  Lets ask the Hohner guys..........the ones who made the instruction
sheets that used to be in the box ............LOL.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Lauren Merryfield <lauren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Maybe we need to hear from Michael Rubin on this  if he commented i missed
> it
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 22 Aug 2014, at 12:03 pm, Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 22, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> (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.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> (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.
> >
> > I disagree with practically everything in this post:
> > 1)  Lip block is not "the" standard embouchure for bending.  bending
> mostly happens in the throat, and therefore is compatible with any
> embouchure.
> > 2)  The pucker embouchure is the main embouchure used by many players,
> including Butterfield and Musselwhite, and therefor is not relegated to
> "special effects."  it's also used by chromatic players.
> > 3)  the tongue block can be used for damn near anything you can do with
> any of the others.
> >
> > How did you come to these conclusions, anyway?
> >
> > Regards, Richard Hunter
> >
>
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