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Dipping into a Draw 9?

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Wed, 05/06/2015 - 19:30
marcgraci
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Hi, David:

In "Blues for Paul DeLay", Chorus 3 contains a 8-9 draw that begins with a dip. In the video, you mention that the tongue should be very forward when dipping this draw note. I thought that from 7-10, only blow notes can be bent. Is this "dip" a true flatting of the note or is it just a sharpening of the sound?

Thanks,

Marc

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Wed, 05/06/2015 - 20:32
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David Barrett
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Hey Marc. You can bend all

Hey Marc. You can bend all holes of the harmonica, but holes 1-6 blow and 7-10 draw can only bend a slight amount... less than a half step. We can use these, just like the 5 draw, for bluesy expression.

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