From: Tom Baehr <tombaehr@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: August 9, 2007 9:59:43 AM EDT To: IcemanLE@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Lip pressure
So, whatcha gonna call it? "Single note playing" is also tongue block, u-block and corner switching. I've never heard "pucker" called anything else, and there have been very lively discussions of all these techniques on "another" discussion group I participate in. It's a term accepted by the vast majority of players, and your opinion isn't about to change it. Get over it.
Tom On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:43 AM, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 8/8/2007 10:24:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tombaehr@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
When I try to play pucker, my
jaws ache; but from muscle tension, probably not pressure. Others
pucker just fine, so it must be the different muscles necessary to
pucker.
Pucker is another bad term, along with suck and blow. Single note playing should not be a "pucker". You don't pucker when you take a sip of water, do you? You can learn to relax and let the harmonica rest on your lips like that glass of water, moving it towards you and away from you until you achieve a single note.
Pucker is for whistling or sucking up a piece of spaghetti.
The Iceman
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