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

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I u slap sometimes.  I have a move where I play 9 blow bend, 9 blow, nine
blow bend, big chord, 7 blow.


On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:56 PM, 46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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