I think the tongue block/pucker argument is a moot topic. As long as guys like Will Wilde & Jason Ricci are around, it really doesn't matter. Been at this 6 months now, and can do both equally as bad, lol....perhaps single note playing (slow, anyways, lol), a tad easier tongue blocked, but for getting great quality bends, puckering is waaay easier, for me, especially past hole 3..... I don't care what Dave Barrett says. I say practice both, but don't anyone think the pucker technique is inferior , like I first believed........no...it's not. Will Wilde has unbelievably great tone...all puckered, and no tongue blocker will ever match the speed Ricci gets.....if speed playing is a thing you like to do....and both guys have _KILLER_ vibrato.... which is the ultimate tone shaper, imho. Think Indiara Sfair ...just the most absolutely beautiful tonality......I'd call that tone changer number 6....but it's actually the number, one most useful & signature designer thing you should master....getting YOUR own unique vibrato is the key to harp mastery.
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Just stumbled on this. Know nothing about harmonicas but this was really interesting.
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I think the tongue block/pucker argument is a moot topic. As long as guys like Will Wilde & Jason Ricci are around, it really doesn't matter. Been at this 6 months now, and can do both equally as bad, lol....perhaps single note playing (slow, anyways, lol), a tad easier tongue blocked, but for getting great quality bends, puckering is waaay easier, for me, especially past hole 3..... I don't care what Dave Barrett says. I say practice both, but don't anyone think the pucker technique is inferior , like I first believed........no...it's not.
Will Wilde has unbelievably great tone...all puckered, and no tongue blocker will ever match the speed Ricci gets.....if speed playing is a thing you like to do....and both guys have _KILLER_ vibrato.... which is the ultimate tone shaper, imho. Think Indiara Sfair ...just the most absolutely beautiful tonality......I'd call that tone changer number 6....but it's actually the number, one most useful & signature designer thing you should master....getting YOUR own unique vibrato is the key to harp mastery.