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Clogged Harmonica

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Sun, 06/26/2016 - 13:41
fuschia
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Fuschia here.  I've been blowing harp awhile, but am now going through all the levels of achievement.  One problem that I have is clogging the harp with my spit when I play-I know yuk.  Do you have some suggestions that I can start working on to overcome this problem?

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Sun, 06/26/2016 - 23:36
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David Barrett
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Hello Fuschia. This is a

Hello Fuschia. This is a common thing to happen in your first couple years of playing. Here are two tips for you...

1) Chin up... keeping your head up will keep gravity from pooling spit into your harmonica

2) Use a light touch on the face of the harmonica with your tongue. Pushing hard tends to push spit into the harmonica more.

I look forward to receiving recorded submission when you're ready.

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