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Strong Notes

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Fri, 01/12/2018 - 05:04
Dylou
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I am a new player who has just started on LOA1.

I spent the first 5 weeks since picking up a harp and having some private lessons lip pursing and am now constantly practicing the tongue block since I discovered your lessons.

 

What I'm noticing as I'm practicing 'Walk With Me' is my draw 3  4  3 4 3 4 ~ at the start of chorus 3 is quite weak in comparison to if I play it using pucker. Is this a normal thing for a beginner to experience?

 

I'm hoping it will just improve as the weeks/months go by but I would love to know how to remedy it. It kind of feels like I'm losing the seal on the harp I guess.

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Fri, 01/12/2018 - 09:25
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David Barrett
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Hello Dylou. You are correct,

Hello Dylou. You are correct, "it will just improve as the weeks/months." It's not a bad idea to review the embouchure lessons I do with Hob... all of the tips I give him are helpful. Keep at it, you'll get it.

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