Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Standard embouchures

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Dave, according to Steve Baker you do have the right idea.
 
 
As far as bending goes--I think I'd rather listen to someone who plays  
beautifully:
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPnkJOSV-7M
 

and is pretty much an expert in the field - Steve Baker who says the true  
bend is created in the throat:
 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bchZyq7Y918
 
Hope this helps,
 

Elizabeth
 
"Message: 7
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:50:02 -0700
From: Dave Murray  <dmurray110@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Standard  embouchures
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>


Isn't the throat  a part of the oral cavity? I cannot bend the low notes on 
a low pitched harp  like a G without bringing the throat into play. My oral 
cavity, without  including the throat, is too small for low bends on a low 
harp.

At first  I thought this discussion a matter of semantics, but until I 
grasped including  the throat as a part of the variable oral cavity I was quite 
frustrated by the  harp. So it seems important to me.

Regards,
Dave  Murray