bending tongue blocking speech pattern technique

If you can turn a technique or phrase into a simple speech pattern it can make it easier to perform and remember. Take the slap tongue block technique for example... "HALL" works great. "HA" represents your tongue off of the harmonica, sounding the chord that precedes the single note. "LL" represents the tongue on the face of the harmonica to play the final single note. Together, "HALL" can help you to get the correct relationship of chord to single note in time with the music. This can work well for bending patterns as well. An example would be 4 4' 3 2 being stated as "AH U AH"... continue reading...