Re: Digest Number 798

[Andrew Wimhurst <awimhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,
Don't be so sensitive. You said in an earlier post that you like all of 
your embouchures to sound the same otherwise it isn't musical. Then why 
bother varying your embouchure? Personally, I get a different sound out 
of different embouchures - I think it makes things more interesting 
tonally - creates different dynamics etc. YMMV.
In any case, I'd like to hear a pure pucker player get that percussive 
"thwap" of a tongue blocked note. You can get it with a U-block (great 
for the two draw, especially rhythm stuff) but a pure pucker player is 
going to sound like he's slurring most every note (in my not so humble 
opinion).
Cheers
Andrew


On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 10:49 AM, harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
wrote:

> Message: 11
>    Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:46:31 -0400
>    From: Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: re: toungue block
>
>
>> From:  alciere@xxxx
> Rainbow Jimmy wrote:
>>
>> Do different embrochures sound different? Maybe if you're really good.
>
> So because I can get pretty much the same tonal palette from both of
> my main embouchures, does that mean I am not "really good"??
>
>  -- Pat.