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From: Michael Will
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 09:24:37 -0800
Subject: Re: Bending without Pucker

Chuck who don' Puck'

Don't worry. Bending from a lip block is *easier* than bending from a pucker, and
will give you better tone. (Alert, alert! I'm talking about someone learning to
bend, not a seasoned veteran who can get great tone from any embouchure!)

I'd say bending from a tongue block is an advanced technique, so I'd recommend
working with your lip blocking for bends. In my opinion, you may be better off *not*
begin able to pucker! You won't be tempted to use your lips to bend (as we just
heard from Jan!). And, as I've harped on for so long, the pucker players--I
*think*--eventually shove the harmonica far enough into their mouth to actually be
playing a lip block embouchure (or near variant) to get a single note.

So, work with your tongue, throat, and jaw to get your draw bends from a lip block
embouchure. Don't even worry about puckering.

FWIW,
Mic'l