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Pull Review Lesson With Joe 1:30 Mark.

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Fri, 03/29/2013 - 17:06
wmartin
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I am working on the pulls for Gary's Blues. I have the tongue block trainer and it helps.

I am reviewing your Pull Review with Joe and at the 1:30 mark you tell Joe that on the slap you are using the top left of the tongue. I thought you would use the top right of the tongue to block the note on the right.

Am I misunderstanding the position of the tongue? I have a tendency to have my tongue too far to the right and I asked you if you had to have your tongue angled a certain way it would be to the left.

With that said then would I be using more of the top right of the tongue to block the hole on the right?

I do not want to cleavage block.

Happy Easter!

Will

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Sat, 03/30/2013 - 09:57
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That's correct, top-right.... I misspoke if that was the case.

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