Moon Cat
278 posts
Jun 30, 2013
10:08 AM
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Kingley
2827 posts
Jun 30, 2013
10:22 AM
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Nice vid J. The bullet sounds superb!
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MP
2796 posts
Jun 30, 2013
12:43 PM
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Nice tone, Moonie!!!
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Stevelegh
785 posts
Jun 30, 2013
1:18 PM
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Interesting comment at the end about different products making you sound different.
Give me an amplified anything and my vibrato appears from nowhere.
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BronzeWailer
1050 posts
Jun 30, 2013
2:43 PM
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Nice succinct explanation/demonstration. Thanks Jason.
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Reed Triller
88 posts
Jun 30, 2013
2:48 PM
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Great video. I don't think I have ever seen you use a bullet.Is a coffee mug video next :)
Whose comb?
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Last Edited by Reed Triller on Jun 30, 2013 2:50 PM
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Martic
14 posts
Jun 30, 2013
4:43 PM
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Great as usual, Jason! I just got a little scared at 4:21, don't get pissed with us man hahahahaha...
Out of joking, I like a lot to experiment with microphone's cupping. There are some which are more sensitive to it. As I play in a blues band and as a sideman in a folk/pop band, I use both hands for the solos and one hand to back the vocals or another instrument, like playing "behind". For that purpose the SM57 works great, the small diameter works fine with my skinny hands :P
Just a little question: lip pursers/lip blockers don't use to get the fat tone you get. At least that's what tongue blockers say. How do you get that huge tone? what is the element of your playing that makes the difference between you and other lip blockers? I've been tongue blocking since a few months ago, but I don't wanna "marry" with it, I want to learn different ways to get a good tone, without leaving the other ways.
Thanks for your help, cheers from Chile!
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Georgia Blues
66 posts
Jul 01, 2013
8:44 AM
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Hi Martic, just my two cents but I've alway thought lip pursing as a bit of a misnomer. The way i learned it, Your mouth should be as open as possible with your jaw dropped as far as possible. Tuck the harp down into your lower lip until you are playing just one hole. Muscle control is an issue like any wind instrument, but the last thing you want to do is p pucker up like you're going to whistle.
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Stevelegh
788 posts
Jul 01, 2013
8:52 AM
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Hi MartinC,
As Georgia Blues says, its all about blocking with your lower lip by tipping the harp up. There's a vid by Christelle Berthon on this here.
After 25 years of tongue blocking, this video, along with great advise here changed my world completely.
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Greg Heumann
2230 posts
Jul 01, 2013
9:39 AM
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@Stevelegh - regardless of your embouchure, that ain't enough to achieve the big fat thick amplified tone that comes from a combination of a good amp, a good mic and proper cupping technique. An important part of cupping technique IS getting the unplayed holes on the front of the harp sealed off - and that is much easier when you have more of the harp in your mouth, no matter what kind of blocking you use.
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Stevelegh
789 posts
Jul 01, 2013
11:00 AM
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Hey Greg,
Regarding getting good amplified tone, I completely agree. I mentioned in an earlier post that when I play amplified, I immediately 'grow' a vibrato.
From what I can gather, MartinC was talking about the old LP vs TB argument. Coming from a TB'er who switched 18 months ago, I personally believe that the method Christelle demonstrates here and that JR uses is the most superior method.
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