Re: [Harp-L] The joy of absolute fallacies

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow. You can play one harp through your nose while bending a note on
another played with your mouth?
You mean bending, say, a half or a full tone? Amazing.
RD

On 8 February 2015 at 13:28, jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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> > On Feb 7, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>
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> > I believe you JR, but find it difficult to credit. I don't believe I
> could bend with my nose expelling air.
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> To be clear, I am not talking about alternate breath directions--ie, a
> draw bend while expelling air--but rather same direction of airflow.
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> > No, I simply cannot do it (I'm trying it now)
> > I don't know how one could visibly demonstrate that it's possible. Maybe
> with a feather in front of your
> > nostrils. If you care to knock up a video, I'd be most interested.
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> I have no interest in such, sorry.
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>  I did just do a simple test and can both blow bend and draw bend while
> letting a fair amount of air through my nose (more than I normally might
> have leaking), no feather needed: I played two harps together, one by mouth
> and one by nose.  It was interesting--draw bending and nose playing was
> easier than blow bending and nose breathing.  But both were possible,
> though.  It may be that my nose closes off more in one direction (inhale)
> than the other.
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> Interestingly, I've spent more time trying to bend with my nose solo than
> thinking about oral bending while playing two harps--but that may be
> because it is just something I could do when I first played around with
> twin-harp playing.  However, neither the nasal embouchure nor playing
> simultaneously are things I am nearly proficient at.  I should practice
> this more (he hardest part is blocking one nostril while playing it's hard
> holding toe harps and while keeping one nostril shut, one of many times a
> third hand would really help).
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> BTW, my tendency to play by nose is a reason no one ever asks to borrow my
> harps.
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> JR Ross
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