Why use tongue switch between holes 1 and 2?

When you get to level 7 you'll look back at how simple that riff is. Learning to tongue block bend is part of the progression. Keep on with it.

Good luck.......Mike

There are three approaches to Holes 1 and 2:

• Tongue block with the right corner open all the way down to 1.
• Switch to pucker for 1 and 2.
• Corner switch to the left corner for 1 and maybe 2.

I do all three, depending on what I'm up to:

• Tongue blocking out of the right corner all the way down, unless I have a reason not to.
• Pucker to play a Hole 1 overblow or a fast diddle-diddle-typ articulation, which uses the tip of the tongue on the roof of the mouth.
• Corner switch if I'm about to make a quick upward leap of several holes, or open a split, hammer, or rake with Hole 1 or 2 on the left side of that action.

I tongue block with the tongue blocking to the right for holes 1-3, and with the tongue blocking to the left for holes 4-10. So I basically tongue switch at hole 3. I like switching TB at hole 3 rather than hole 1 because I balance out using both sides of my throat and my lips never veer too close to the edge of the Harp so it’s all much more comfortable. On a side note, I also prefer to use the underside of my tongue to tongue-block because it allows me to get a pucker-like ”trumpet sound” to my notes as my tongue can reach the roof of my mouth to give the note a bit of definition when wanted. Not as much as I would get when I used to pucker (yet) and I can’t do the diddly-doo trick, but it’s something. I‘m also a 100% tongue-blocker for all holes, including all bends. It’s nice for me to keep it simple and not have to switch between pucker and TB. My 2 cents!