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blow bends and TB

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Tue, 11/25/2014 - 02:37
ungar
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Hi David.

I've started looking at blow bends, trying to follow your advice to tongue-block them if you're new to blow bends and tongue block all the rest.  I'm finding that getting full-toned puckered blow bends is no problem, although accuracy will take quite a bit of work, but that, when I tongue-block, I really have to seriously restrict my air flow to get any kind of bend at all, and tone and volume suffer.  Is it worth it?

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Tue, 11/25/2014 - 08:50
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David Barrett
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There are advantages to staying in a tongue block, but it's up to you which you choose.

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Wed, 11/26/2014 - 18:59
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Hey ungar...I am experiencing the same thing. My blow bends are difficult to nonexistent when I tongue block. However when I pucker I hit them much more convincingly. So for now I pucker and perhaps someday down the road the tongue blocking bends will work themselves out. 

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