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From: jfraz~wa.acusd.edu (john frazer)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 06:50:51 -0800
Subject: Re: Who Nose?

> closing off the nose with kind of a silent snort does add a certain power
>to >the bend that might be useful for beginners.

I just checked and I still do something like this. It is unconcious to me
and just happens all by itself. I have seen people ask recently about how
to play without getting out of breath. Nose technique is the answer. Using
the nose as a valve, I play with it closed off unless I am breathing while
playing. Of course i am always breathing, so that doesn't really help, does
it?

I do close my nose valve when bending and if it is a snap bend I think a
"silent snort" (as jg put it) describes what I do sometimes.

>it should be added that I tend toward a sweeter tone than many of the blues
>players on the list, and this may be a factor.

This is true. Jon has more of a sweet tone. I have more of a power tone.
Would you agree with that Jon?


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