Re: [Harp-L] Popping Popper popping

[David & Jackie Naiditch <french10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Seems nobody addressed Dave Fertig's question about pulsing air with  
the tongue to play quick riffs.  Don't know about Popper's technique,  
but years ago, Cham-Ber Huang demonstrated this technique for playing  
ultra-fast licks in classical music.  Unlike folks such as Larry  
Adler who would liberally alter notes to better fit the harmonica and  
his style, Cham-Ber was always determined to play the notes as they  
were written.  Tongue-pulsing air was one of his many tricks for  
accomplishing this.  Don't think, however, that he got a rich tone  
with this technique.

David Naiditch

On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:29 AM, David Fertig wrote:
...

> Now, a technical question: I saw a fellow once play some fast  
> Popperesque runs and he wasn't using his lungs, but popping or  
> pulsing air with his tongue to actuate the reeds very quickly in  
> and out, is that how Jon Popper sometimes does his super-fast riffs?
>
> ...
>
> But, is that tongue-pulsing technique for playing whole riffs at  
> all common and does anyone do it with rich tone?  And anyway why  
> does this technique seem cheap and gimmicky to me?   Am I really  
> that hidebound?
>
> Dave Fertig
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