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hole 1 not powerful enough

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Wed, 07/15/2015 - 01:38
Mojtaba Abtahi
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Dear David . 

I am happily busy on choruses of TB-EX1- Walk with me. 

when i try to play 1 hole draw and more specifically playing 1 hole draw with tremollo, i can not play it as powerful as i wish or compared to other notes. 

what can I do to play this note powerful enough?

thank you . 

 

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Wed, 07/15/2015 - 07:02
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David Barrett
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Hello Mojtaba. This gets down

Hello Mojtaba. This gets down to your tongue placement. Experiment with what your tongue is doing in the back of your mouth... it's raised right now... you'll want to lower it. Look in a mirror, open your mouth, and spend some time raising and lowering your tongue and visually confirming what it's doing. The goal is to get the middle and back of your tongue lowered. This will take time, most likely a couple of months (or more) before your 1 draw tone is good. Be patient, it's a normal process of learning the harmonica.

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