Hi Winslow, You asked "How do you U Block?" When I put my harp to my mouth, my lips are pretty far forward and relaxed, My tongue is curled until it is in a U...
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My version of explaining "U-block" or what some call "channeling" is that the tongue is used much like it is a straw -- kind of like the way a baby curls its...
Yes. I usually let the others start a tune so that I don't risk getting it to fast for some of the players, but sometimes I do start them out. Here is ...
... Cara's description is MUCH better than the usual advice to "roll the end of your tongue into a tight curl around a single hole". I'm not certain that ...
HI all, I try to play tunes with hubby. I usually start it off because he tends to play everything a little fast on the mandolin. I have a lot of trouble ...
I hope this is okay -- I have pasted in here a post from harp-l about bluegrass harmonmica from Ken Deifik. --John K. Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica in Bluegrass -...
As most of you know I tend not to post to much... but having followed this thread over the last two days I feel I should weigh in with my own personal...
Smo_Joe, and all, I've been learning Bluegrass over the past several months. Not easy...! The few Bluegrass bands that I have had the pleasure to play with, ...
Hi all, I have an odd tongue, not only can I make a "u" with my tongue, I can make a cloverleaf and turn my tongue completely upside down, flipping it in...
John, thanks for pasting this post. I couldn't agree more with this person views. I disapprove of any discrimination of any sort. I tend not to associate with...
there is a lot i could say but i won't make a fool of my self but i like all kinds of music i like playing Jerry lee Lewis style , i like playing blue grass....
anybody seen the buddy greene on you tube , where he plays nothing but the blood with the gathers........ he swithches harps which seems to be a golden...
Oscar, first of all thanks for information.--- In bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com, "Oscar Lovell" <Harmonica@...> wrote: You said," It also saddens me that when...
Grey Fox: Bob Meehan must have been somewhere else. As I recall we met at that festival in its previous existence as "Winterhawk" -- at the campsite of Al...
Bluegrass has a fair amount of blues and jazz in it by design (and accident). So you should be able to find melodies and such to work with that are somewhat...
That is interesting. I didn't get that response from Bill Monroe. Actually, it probably has more to do with moods than anything else. Bill was an innovator,...
They just need to meet the right harmonica players. Years ago, one the bluegrass jams I attended accepted harmonica, but not dobro. Go figure! Cara ... ...
You have hit upon a nerve of my.Thankfully it is one of my good nerves.LOL There are some awesome traditional grass bands out there and some great Progressive...
Del McCoury is great. He has developed quite a fan base here in Austin through the Old Settlers Music Festival<http://www.oldsettlersmusicfest.org>. And, by...
If you care to have a listen, at the link below (at CD Baby), there is a clip from my friends' CD of the Del song 'I Feel The Blues Movin' In." I play some...
Wow,some really great stuff! ... From: John K. To: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: [SPAM] [BluegrassHarp] Del...