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HI David,
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Hello David,
Tongue blocking agility 1.1. Watched the video. When we move to the right on the harp for the 2+5+ octave then the 2+, do we play the 2 blow by moving the tongue to 1 o'clock or 11 o'clock? If it is to one o'clock, is common to play lower holes with the left side of the mouth and higher holes with the right. Or, is there one side that should dominate?
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Sawinski
Hello Sawinski. Yes, "we play the 2 blow by moving the tongue to 1 o'clock." Tongue switching is most commonly done for playing hole 1 (tongue blocking to the right, holes 2, 3, and 4). This is what I will train you for.
Some players (in the more advanced stages) will tongue switch on passages where they play some notes on one range, then switch for one or two lower notes, and then go back to the other range. This is not common, but you do hear it every now and again. Classical chromatic harmonica players have to play wide-interval leaps all the time, so that comes in handy for them.
My purpose of the exercise is for you to get used to tongue switching for hole 1, to help you build tongue agility, to promote a light touch with your tongue on the harmonica, to get you used to playing octaves (one of the three main tongue blocking techniques) and to realize that the tongue does not need to move very much to make a huge difference in sound.
P.S., to be clear... for every-day playing... you're going to have the tongue to the right for hole 1, and to the left for all other holes.
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