Bike&Harp
41 posts
Aug 18, 2016
8:15 AM
|
I find that if i'm playing long passages where i'm up and down the harp without taking a break that my lips become really dry and stick on the cover plates and i have to stop and moisten them again. Do you guys get that and what do you do to get round it? I read somewhere that someone put some kind of substance on the cover plate that keeps it kind of slick but maybe i read it wrong as i've never heard anyone else speaking about it!
|
2chops
537 posts
Aug 18, 2016
12:41 PM
|
This will happen to me on occasion. What I do while making the run is just moisten my lips real quick in between notes. Only takes a 1/2 second. Depending on the phrasing and/or speed of the run, I can skip a note if I have to. By skipping a note here and there in the series you add flavor and build tension.
----------
I'm workin on it. I'm workin on it.
|
SuperBee
4012 posts
Aug 19, 2016
5:33 AM
|
Happens to me a bit but then again, not much. I don't use any lubricant beyond saliva.
Might help that I'm tongue blocking all the time
Uq9xc9
|
Glass Harp Full
144 posts
Aug 20, 2016
4:38 AM
|
Yes, it happens to me sometimes after playing for a long time. I try to find an appropriate pause to moisten my lips like 2chops says. I also drink water before playing.
I did see a YouTube video where the guy (don't know who he was) licked the harp before playing it. I haven't tried this but obviously the logic behind it was to make sure it was easy to move around.
|
Sundancer
24 posts
Aug 28, 2016
8:02 PM
|
When my lips get dry I know my embouchure is sucking. Best way to keep your lips & your harp moist is to keep the harp way back in your mouth. The further it gets from your throat the dryer it gets. I always hear Gindick's voice when this happens!
Last Edited by Sundancer on Aug 29, 2016 12:40 PM
|
Rubes
994 posts
Sep 10, 2016
4:31 AM
|
Alcohol will accelerate this condition!
----------
Old Man Rubes at Reverbnation
Dads in Space at Reverbnation
|
