Im still fighting with getting a solid tone with warbles. This morning it felt better and I sensed my lips staying connected to the harp using the harp sliding technique. My heads not moving, my lips stay in the same position on the coverplates, the thickness of the lips alows for the warble movement. Is this à normal and à good technique?
It sounds solid. In general I think you're on the right track not shaking your head. You don't slosh your brain around so much, and I think you have better control moving your hands, and it sounds like what your describing with your lips is what I've tried to explain. It keeps you from rubbing your lips raw, and again, I think it gives you better control. Sometimes when you are sliding it around against your lips it will catch and move your lips out of position, but if you are keeping your lips on the same spot on the cover plates you are always in control. :)
The harp can slide against your lips or not. when you warble - I find I can do a warble either way.
But it's always essential to keep the harp in your mouth, with your lips gently sealing the airflow so that it all goes to the reeds and doesn't leak out.
Yeah, I think the warble (which I'm interpreting as a two-hole shake) should be learned both...no, three ways, that is, moving the head, moving the harp and a combination of the two. There are certain licks I play, for instance, an ascending warble, lead in with two-hole draw, then warble the three draw, up to the four blow warble and then the four bend warble and end on the four draw. It's an old saxophone lick that I need to move the harp to execute.
Great vid Diggs! I had to laugh; I've accidentally stumbled onto parts of Sesame Street a couple times, but I could never remember how the other part went, and there suddenly you were playing it. :) Maybe I'll get that down and play it at an open mic. I play little bits of lots of theme songs, but that's one of the only ones that really rocks!
