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| Bending a note? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17th, 2009 03:05 am |
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gardner321 Approved
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What does bending a note mean and how is it done. Also the Horner inst book teaches to widen the lip opening to cover three hole for a chord and narrow the lips to blow one opening for a note. There is no mention of using the tongue to cover the holes. Another web site speaks of using the tongue. Confused
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17th, 2009 07:58 am |
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theBlackman Approved 
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The term in general means raising or lowering the pitch. As a Uke player if you play a fretted note and use the fretting finger to pull the note down or up in the fret space, the note will change pitch. That is a "BEND". As for Harmonicas you can do either. It depends on how you learn. If it is easier for you to "tongue" to cover the hole(s) you don't want, then do so. If you find it easier to purse your lips to play a single note do so. Some combination of both is usually used. You purse your lips to reduce the number of "Holes" that are in play (usually two) and use your tongue to cover the one you want. You can trill a series of two notes this way. Note A is played with note B blocked by the tongue, and then the tongue is slid to cover the other. If done rapidly, you get ABABABABABABABABA. A&B is not the name of a note. It is just a way to identify two notes. Bending a note on a stringed instrument is easy. On a harmonica it's a little more difficult. Horns lend themselves to the technique as do some reeds. You have heard a "Bend" in most of the blues guitar pieces you have heard.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17th, 2009 03:35 pm |
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Jim Yates Approved 
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There are a few ways to bend a note on a mouth harp. Most bending done on the draw notes. I recently heard it described as doing with your mouth what you'd do if you were whistling on the inhale. Some folks tip the harp downward and others drop their jaw. Bending can be done on the high blow notes as well. Sorry, but bending is a lot easier to do than to describe
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