Solo Study 3
Sun, 12/04/2011 - 08:19
Dave,
I just began Study 3.....the 5, '4/5, '4, 3, 2, 2 combo to start.
I am amazed that you can play these without hardly touching the harp...I have to pracitcally bury the harp in my mouth to get anything to happen.
I see now that you want us to be tongue blocking all the time....is it possible to play fast this way?
Can I pucker some of these to start..? although i can see that changing embouchere is a pain.
Your lessons with Joe on bending are very good.
Thanks,
Steve
Hey Steve. Yes, you can play it that fast with tongue blocking... that's how I did it. You'll get it with practice and time. This passage will be fine to pucker if you wish, it will sound great that way too... there's nothing in there that's tongue blocking specific.
If someone is a NEW player I have them tongue block everything. If not, we just add tongue blocking little by little until they can do that very well too. It's up the player how much tongue blocking they implement in their playing. The more someone desires to play classic blues the more tongue blocking they should use.