From: "PM" Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:39:10 -0500 Subject: Held Bends/Overblows
Mike Will wrote a detailed and well-rendered post about holding bends, and the challenges etc:
I'd like to add Mike, that I think the most important thing is to "hear" the note "in-tune" that you are trying to work with. I think it's real useful to practice to a keyboard while you're trying to hold the note. The musculature of your embouchure will then make the subtle adjustments to stay in "pitch" almost automatically.
Another practice technique I do, is to hear "intervals"(as Iron Mike suggested on another post), as a way to be more firm about pitch . . . For example . . .
By blowing the second hole blow(E on a C-Harp), then blowing the third hole double-bend(A on a C-Harp-one of the most challenging notes to play in pitch)to the melody of "Here Comes the Bride," (the "Here" is the E note, and the "Comes the Bride" are the A note)you can "hear" the A note better, and play it more naturally in correct pitch.
