David's Tip of the Day: Dip Technique - Part 3 (Cut)

The brother to the dip is the Cut. A cut is where you start unbent (3 draw B for example) and quickly bend. In this case, the 3 draw is sounded on the beat (this is where it differs from the dip, where the first part of the dip... the bend... starts before the beat) and then bend down quickly (again, around a half step). The fourth bar of the third chorus in Little Walter's famous slow blues harmonica instrument "Blue Midnight" provides a fantastic example of the cut.