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From: Douglas Tate
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 23:07:58 GMT
Subject: Chromatic...tongue blocking?

DAVID_BARNES asks about whether he should use tongue blocking on chromatic.

David doesn't say what type of music he likes to play.

Mike Curtis says :>>I see no reason TB would have any advantage over pucker
on chro that it wouldn't on diatonic.I you're comfortable with pucker on
diatonic, there's no reason to change just because you're using a chromatic.

I would say it depends on what you want to do, what sort of music you want
to play eventually and what sort of sound you want and how long you want
your harps to last.

Putting the other case, I think that TB has distinct advantages as a base
technique from which you can go to any of the others. (OK, this could open a
floodgate)
It is possible to get a rich and varied tone from pucker, many pros use it
but in my experience they also throw away an awful lot of harmonicas. It is
possible to get just as rich and varied a tone by TB (which I use almost
exclusively) The other advantages are the ability to play intervals and
two running 'tunes' at the same time.

Having listened to both TB and pucker players over the years another
observation might be that TB players seem to hit less bum notes than pucker
players. I think this is because the tongue aids positional accuracy. (not
saying you can't be accurate in pucker, but it is easier in TB. This is
especially true as leaps get bigger.

Douglas T