Posted by Ron (24.93.134.115) on July 13, 2000 at 09:43:45:
I started playing a few months ago and can now play clean notes with tounge blocking and semi clean notes with the whistle method. I can also bend 1, 4 and 6 fairly well. I am still having trouble with the 2 hole draw on a C harp and the 3 hole draw on an A harp. I find that I can play them cleanly but with not much power. The problem is the resitance of air flowing through the harp on the draw. The air can either go in through my harp or through my nose. Unfortunately for me the path through the snoot is the path of least resistance and most of the air takes that path. It's not like I have a rhino nose or anything - just an average human nose. I do find that when I pinch the old beak while playing the 2 or 3 hole draw I can get the air to go through the harp and voila - good sound. Short of shoving ear plugs up my nose does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks