2 Draw or 9 Draw

For anyone suffering from 2Drawitist, ie., the sound is terrible etc...because you're either a rookie or newbie to tongue-blocking or both, here are a couple of things that helped me.

1. Search the forum and you'll find several posts

2. Checkout the video in the FAQ section regarding

My 2 draw and/or high-end notes sounds flat, airy or not at all!

3. Try a pucker or purse embouchure and play aournd with your tongue location etc...until you can achieve a better tone. Try forming the letter E as you draw to widen your air chamber. Once you "hear" the real 2 draw, then you can stop blaming your harp.

4. When tonuge blocking, flip your harp so that hole 10 is to the left and hole 1 to the right. Draw on hole 2 (draw hole 9 in the real world) and see what happens. (For a while I was thinking that I had air leakage on the 2 draw--since part of your mouth is off the end of the harp--but when I flipped the harp and was able to have a 'normal' tongue embouchure, well the 2 draw was still sick--but at least I ruled out air leakage)

So as David and many others have said: it'll take time, practice, hang-in-there, don't give up, you can do it...

Best of luck,

payne