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Chromatic Harmonica Study 4 Octave Tongue Position

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Thu, 06/20/2013 - 13:13
wmartin
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Hi David, you have been really busy.

What part of your tongue do you use when doing the Octaves on a Chromatic harmonica? I know the mouth has to be wide. Is it different than the Diatonic?

Thank you so much

Will

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Thu, 06/20/2013 - 17:18
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I use the same part of my tongue as with the diatonic... just a little further back for the larger holes.

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