bending
David im trying to bend, when i use lip pursing i can get some movement from holes 1 to 6 but when i try bending when tongue blocking nothing, should i try to develop my lip pursing bending and then try tongue blockin advice please. jaguar44
It may not be appropriate to chime in here, but I wanted to say that I learned to play harmonica on a different site and it was all lip pursing (no tongue blocking learned) and I leanred to bend there as well. When I started to learn tongue block techniques on this site I found it very hard to learn (re-learn) bends tongue blocking. It took me quite awhile and I remember at one point thinking it was impossible to bend while tongue blocking but kept re-watching Davids instruction and some other youtube videos and with time and hours of practice, I found I really could bend while tongue blocking. Hang in there Jaguar
Hello jaguar44. You could do that, but in my experience that trends to not be that helpful. if your goal is to use one embouchure when playing (tongue block), you're better off putting your time in tongue block bending right now. I know it's challenging, but you're saving yourself time (and frustration down the line) by focusing on tongue block bending now.