strawwoodclaw
290 posts
Jan 10, 2012
12:36 PM
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Tongue Block or Lip Purse There's only one way to sort this out " FIGHT!! " (Where's Harry Hill when you need him?)
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Diggsblues
1138 posts
Jan 10, 2012
12:43 PM
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Frank is this your personal experience?
Are you making a distinction between Traditional
and Modern Blues? Maybe we need a thread of people playing different TB, LB etc. and hear what the difference is.
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Emile "Diggs" D'Amico a Legend In His Own Mind
How you doin'
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Frank
97 posts
Jan 10, 2012
1:07 PM
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Hi Diggs, yes Sir - that is my experience as a traditional blues harp player. I'm not a modern player - maybe a "modern traditionalist"...For the record, LBing is a POWERFUL and EXCITING embouchure to utilize, but again - for a traditional blues TB player - it's usage is extremely limited for special occasions.
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Mojokane
490 posts
Jan 10, 2012
3:03 PM
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smwoerner, curl tonguing?....might that be the same style of the late great Norton Buffalo?
That's got to be a tough one. To learn later in life..too.
Norton, in one of his videos, stated he started out doing it that way out of instinct and never bothered to try another way. If it works....
During the whole thread, I kept yawning and yawning!!
I understand the fervor in wanting to "know" exactly what he's doing.
But the discussion ended up hijackin the thread, a bit.
Though, after listening to Steve Guygers masterful tone and style. I did notice he barely touched the harp. My next question was, wow! I got to try that.
But then again, (how does it go?
..never believe all of what you read, half of what you see, ....?
oh well...what struck me, as equally amazing, was Steve's mellow voice. What a deep mellow BLUES voice.
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Why is it that we all just can't get along?<
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Frank
98 posts
Jan 10, 2012
4:55 PM
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Just like you can regulate through breathe control the volume at which you play the harmonica, you can also regulate the depth you want the harp to be in your mouth when Tbing. The TB embouchure is a very relaxed,natural and comfortable way to play the harp and great tone is the byproduct.
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Bugsy
26 posts
Jan 10, 2012
6:23 PM
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Alright, I really do hate to interrupt, but what are the tabs to the riff he keeps repeating over and over again in the second video? I have heard Sonny Boy II and some other people use it, too.
It has been driving me crazy trying to figure it out.
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MichaelAndrewLo
554 posts
Jan 11, 2012
2:15 PM
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I was fascinated by the video I originally posted not because he TB of LP but because here is a blues master harp player who I thought would only play at most 3 positions but he played masterfully in more than those and he obviously had the knowledge but plays simply and within his expert knowledge when he plays gigs. That to me was the main lesson of the video.
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Andrew Larson, R.N.
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MP
1947 posts
Jan 11, 2012
2:37 PM
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yeah, what MAL said.
there are several of the older blues players who can play in multiple positions. jerry portnoy plays at least six and charlie musselwhite is very framiliar w/ more positions than you can shake a stick at.
i'm only good at the first three.
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MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
Last Edited by on Jan 11, 2012 2:43 PM
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