Harmonica tips?

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I have no idea why I called you a god.





Unless that was you in the hotel closet in Vancouver in 1991.




uuummm.. Hoblit, that was fuckin beautifully done by the way. Seriously ... (I'm talking about his nice mediation, not the closet).
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Rabid Garfunkel wrote:
kill_me_sarah wrote:The first, immediate question I had is about blowing (or drawing) single notes. Is it better to block off the other holes with your tongue, or to blow it through a curved lower lip? If it's with the tongue, is it better to use the tip of the tongue or the width of the tongue?
Tongue blocking versus lip blocking (aka pucker) is really a matter of personal taste and dexterity. But there, now you've got some more terms to google :wink:
It may be personal taste, but if you are just starting, using your tongue is a lot harder to do, and so I say, is the wrong way to go about it.
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I'll agree that it's harder (for me, anyway) to do, but KMS may have an extremely agile tongue... :twisted: and it's good practice for getting used to the feel of tongue splitting (playing, say, the 1 & 4 holes with your tounge blocking the 2 & 3 holes) for that old time chicago feel.
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I do both.

And I'm better than you at harmonica.

HA!
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Ooh, burn!

Wait, that was on me, wasn't it?

Ooh! Burn! Heh.
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Sober gets plenty of practice on his boyfriend's cock, though.
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My my that was pleasant.




LINE CROSSER.
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I'm gay.
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The Sober Irishman wrote:I'm gay.
we know
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You're lying. And a disgrace to your British heritage.


hehehehe. "british". hehehehee.
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