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David's Tip of the Day: Bending & Reed Vibration Analysis, Part 2

David Barrett Admin's picture

If you read yesterdays licked study, they mentioned Johnson's study. Here is the study...
http://mis.ucd.ie/Members/RJohnst/oldharp.pdf

Note three incorrect findings. Yes, you can bend in a tongue block... blow bend pitches are not "abrupt" and the Adam's apple has nothing to do with the bending process. Don't blame him for this... this was a very early study and not much was known about bending back then... thus the study.