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Solo Exercises 1.1 and 1.3

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Fri, 02/14/2014 - 13:51
Kirsty
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Should the 1 and 2 hole notes in the Solo Study exercises 1.1 and 1.3 be played tongue blocked or lip pursed?  And if tongue blocked, how? Left or right? I'm new to tongue blocking (!), so I'm not sure how things work down at that end.

You must have been asked this before, so apologies for any repetition; I did search the forum for an answer, but couldn't find anything.

Thanks,

Kirsty

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Fri, 02/14/2014 - 14:18
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Kirsty
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OK - I think I have the answer!

I think this is dealt with in the video on Chorus 2 of Walk With Me.... I guess this happens if I work the sections of Level 1 in parallel!

 

Kirsty

 

 

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Fri, 02/14/2014 - 19:06
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David Barrett
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Hello Kirsty. Yes, you are correct, it's covered in CH2 of Walk with Me. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

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