From: MDFUTA~ol.com Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 00:08:57 -0400 Subject: Bending and Harps
Jon asks:
<nice-sounding music with them than with a Pocket Pal?>>
For a beginner either the S20 or the LO will bend more easily than a Pocket Pal. I refer the LO.
But equally important is the key of the harp. To learn to draw bend holes 1-6 use a higher key like E or F. To learn to blow bend holes 8-10 use a lower key like A or Bflat.
I'm an intermediate player and still have trouble controlling the draw bends on the low harps and the blow bends on the high harps, but I've mad great progress by practicing the blow bends on the low harps and the draw bends on the high harps. I'm sure somebody on the list can explain why this is the case; I just know it is from experience (and from "Bending the Blues").
