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Bending/TongueBlocking

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Sat, 03/10/2018 - 08:22
epictomato
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A short question about two fundamental lessons: You recommend to play with the tongue block all the time. Does that mean that I use tongue block (to isolate the hole) when I am bending? It seems more convenient if I had the tongue unoccupied for the bending!

 

Thank you very much, I've just started with the lessons and they are amazing!

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Sat, 03/10/2018 - 10:05
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I'm glad you're enjoying your

I'm glad you're enjoying your lessons epictomato. Yes, you will tongue block while bending. You don't want to have to switch embouchures to bend... we bend a lot.

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