David's Tip of the Day: Bending on the Chomatic

Though bending is not as commonplace on the chromatic harmonica, it is used. We use bending for expression (dips and slight changes in pitch to give a crying or whining sound). The tip for bending on the chromatic is to control the bend further forward in the mouth (similar to a 6 draw bend or blow bend at first). If you bend with the back of your tongue you'll commonly stall the reed. Experiment with being really far forward (too far forward at first) and as time goes on progressively control the bend further back on the tongue.