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Speed Licks

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Mon, 09/19/2011 - 21:27
Taylor Ward
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Quick question about speed licks on Rock Harmonica. Is puckering or tongue blocking preferred on ultra fast playing?
-Taylor

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Mon, 09/19/2011 - 21:36
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David Barrett
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It doesn't matter... they're both the same. The only area that pucker is superior is in articulation... you can articulate faster in a pucker. So, if you have a passage where you're playing multiples of the same note (in a row) or where you want to have each note "pop" out... articulate... then pucker. Watch Jason Ricci's interview again, he speaks about this.

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