Same draw note on different harmonicas keys
I got a low-F harmonica and something surprises me.
Playing 2 draw on the A harmonica is a E, and I get it right.
Playing 3 draw on the low-F harmonica is the same E, but I have poor tone, as previously on 1 or 2 draws when my tongue was not as trained.
I thought the difficulty of the hole depended on the note, to which the mouth has to be "tuned".
I first blamed the harmonica (low-F is Seydel, As being Hohner or Susuki). But drawing using the nose fixes the bad tone, as for previously difficult holes!!
How do you explain this difference for the same note on different harmonica keys?
The flaw was mine. When drawing hole 1 or 2, since hohner harmonicas are a bit thinner there, I was actually leaking some air. Not much, I was not aware of it, but this was enough to make the sound better. On hole 3 on the Seydel my lips were more "sealed" and didn't leak. This, with the need to draw harder (the Seydel harmonica is much less responding) was enough to make a difference.
The good news is that is was easy to fix. Relaxing my lip grip was a late flaw, I think, while trying to "relax" (and thinking it succeeded). Now I have fixed my lips and throat, and the F-low harmonica draws are ok (and Hohner 2 draws no longer leaking).
I hoped that it would also fix the 1 draw on the chromatic, but no (tone is good, but I still have a delay before drawing and sound).
Thank you for the update ÉricD
Hello ÉricD. I'm not sure why you would have this issue.