Re: [Harp-L] The slap ....u-blocked

[46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

One of my favorite moments as a harp player was in a hotel room with Jason
Ricci, maybe 2005, and I started playing (he'd never heard me play acoustic
before) and I started with a 2 draw U-slap and he immediately stopped me
and asked "What did you just do there?"  I took it as a compliment. I was a
U blocker my whole life, and when I finally learned tongue blocking, I
adapted the concept of the texture and thickness and tone to U-blocking.


On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Tony Stephens <tnysteph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To other u-blockers. Thanks to Facebook I have massaged John Nemeth. He is
> a u-blocker. He said he does the slap by u-blocking. I would think most
> tongue block to get the slap. I have tried it by u-blocking and it worked
> for me.
> Does anyone else get the slap this way?
> I am still learning this little harp thing & having fun doing so.
>       Tony Stephens
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>



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