[Harp-L] Some questions on playing better....

[Michael Rubin]

If you are holding in the right hand you need to play with the low notes to
the right for stabdard style cupping. People find exceptions such as Rick
Estrin


On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:12 PM Leonard Schwartzberg <
leonard1 at xxxxx> wrote:

> I hold left/cup right...... although I'm a lefty, I'm totally locked into
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> the right handed style.   Somewhat naïve when I began, since I stuck it
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> my left hand, like everyone else, I guess it now feels natural.   As to TB
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> and bending, I'm open to ideas making the 2 and 3 draw(s) bold, clean, and
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> stronger.   Thanks again.
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> Left handed harmonica players hold right, cup left.  Generally speaking
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> that is.  You could reverse the low notes by flipping the harmonica over
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> low notes on your right, high notes on your left.  Then you would be
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> mirroring what the way the vast majority of right handers play.  There
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> are not left handed harmonicas but I heard a rumour that Seydel was
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> going to introduce a chromatic with reversible slide actuation.  Might
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> not have been Seydel, that's just my best guess.  In this regard
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> harmonicas are vastly superior to chainsaws, corkscrews and can openers.
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> If it works for you holding left cupping right would be fine.  I can't
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> imagine it myself but hey some left handed people use scissors with teir
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> right hands,  I do think there is advantage to holding on the side the
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> low notes are because it's a lot easier to get a tight cup on the low
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> end which is where it matters the most.
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