tongue position bend bending tone pitch

As your bending skills develop on the harmonica, your tongue and jaw learn how to dynamically tune your mouth to the pitch of each reed you're playing. When playing the 2 draw your jaw is slightly dropped and your tongue is lowered slightly in the back... for the 4 draw your jaw doesn't drop and your tongue is slightly (emphasis on "slightly") humped in the middle... and for the 6 draw your tongue is slightly forward in the mouth... all of this allowing a bend to happen the moment the tongue moves upward to start the bending process... continue reading...