bending help

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.

One of the challenging bending combinations found in 2nd Position is in playing the notes of the V Chord (known as an arpeggio when you play them in order). As you've learned in Improvising Study 4, the more experienced a player is, the more notes of the chord they use on the V (bar 9 and the last half of bar 12).

For the C Harmonica in 2nd Position they're the notes D F# A. This is 1 2' 3" on the lower octave. continue reading...