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Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 02:10:50 -0400
From: Glenn Weiser
Subject: tb technique

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> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 08:24:46 -0700
> From: fjm <27385~ci-net.com>
> Subject: tb technique
>
> The question was asked regatrding on which holes tongue blockers use the
> technique. Until yesterday I was pretty much using it 1-6, bent and
> unbent, and on chorded stuff 6-10 as long as the notes weren't bent. I
> switch back and forth between tb and pucker. Anyhow at Buckeye a year
> ago I'd asked Joe Filisko how he managed to tb bend the upper register
> and since that time I've been trying to figure it out for myself.
> Yesterday I inadvertently discovered I could get an overblow on 6 using
> a tongue block embouchure and immediately realised that if I could block
> the overblow then the bends should be available too. Sure enough they
> were, 7-10 blow bends and they all are stable. The overblow wasn't but
> that glimpse has me convinced I can figure those out too. What
> precipitated this discovery is my trying to figure out how to switch my
> holding hand. I play holding right, cupping left but with the numbers
> up. Because of this I end up playing quite angled which leaves me with
> a unique technique and sound but missing much of the conventional
> harmonica repetoire of sounds. Something about playing straight on made
> the high end blow bends easier to get. I'm pretty excited by this
> discovery. I'm a long way from actually using any of this in
> performance and my cat runs cringing from the room as I practise but at
> least I have something to start the work on now. fjm
>

I had a phone converstion with Magic Dave a while back that touched on this,
and he
could do all the high (7b-10b) outbends on any scale harp in TB position. I
still
can't do this, and must switch to puckering for it. Glad to hear you're
making some
headway with it, fjm.

Glenn Weiser
http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harppage.htm

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Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 08:24:46 -0700
From: fjm <27385~ci-net.com>
Subject: tb technique

The question was asked regatrding on which holes tongue blockers use the
technique. Until yesterday I was pretty much using it 1-6, bent and
unbent, and on chorded stuff 6-10 as long as the notes weren't bent.  I
switch back and forth between tb and pucker.  Anyhow at Buckeye a year
ago I'd asked Joe Filisko how he managed to tb bend the upper register
and since that time I've been trying to figure it out for myself. 
Yesterday I inadvertently discovered I could get an overblow on 6 using
a tongue block embouchure and immediately realised that if I could block
the overblow then the bends should be available too.  Sure enough they
were, 7-10 blow bends and they all are stable.  The overblow wasn't but
that glimpse has me convinced I can figure those out too.  What
precipitated this discovery is my trying to figure out how to switch my
holding hand.  I play holding right, cupping left but with the numbers
up.  Because of this I end up playing quite angled which leaves me with
a unique technique and sound but missing much of the conventional
harmonica repetoire of sounds.  Something about playing straight on
made
the high end blow bends easier to get.  I'm pretty excited by this
discovery.  I'm a long way from actually using any of this in
performance and my cat runs cringing from the room as I practise but at
least I have something to start the work on now.  fjm




I had a phone converstion with Magic Dave a while back that touched
on this, and he could do all the high (7b-10b) outbends on any scale harp
in TB position. I still can't do this, and must switch to puckering for
it. Glad to hear you're making some headway with it, fjm.

Glenn Weiser


http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harppage.htm

 

 

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