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The shake

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Sun, 01/22/2017 - 04:29
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Hi David.

When performing a shake between, say, blow 4 to blow 5 uing tongue blocking; does the tongue slide across the blocked holes in time with the movement of the head or the harmonica, or does it stay in the same position for both holes without moving?

Thanks.

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Sun, 01/22/2017 - 08:23
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Hello simzey. Either option

Hello simzey. Either option works, experiment and see which works best for you.

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Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:46
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The shake

Thank you very much.

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Wed, 02/08/2017 - 12:49
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What about hole 4?

So when at the upper half of the shake, is only hole 5 active, or both 4 and 5?  That is, when blowing through hole 5, should hole 4 be blocked by the tongue?

 

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Wed, 02/08/2017 - 13:20
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Only five... one hole at a

Only five... one hole at a time sounds.

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Wed, 02/08/2017 - 14:11
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Got it

Makes sense - thanks.

 

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