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~Specific Harmonica Notation~

DIP_BEND
Dip Bend: The dip bendis produced by hitting a note that would normally
be played straight with a slight bend,then raisingit very quickly to its natural
* state. The dip bend is notated with a carrot like marking above the note. The
| dip bend is usually used when a bend is played to quick to be notated with a
rhythmic value.
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TONGUE
BLOCK
Tongue Block: Whena single hole is to be played with a tongue block
; embouchure,a small circle be notated above the note head. As you will
read in the chapter on tongue blocking the single hole tongue block used
alongwith a tongue slap to add thickness; [ recommend using the tongue slap
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every timethis markingis present.

TWO HOLE
SHAKE
‘Two Hole Shake: Thetwohole shake, shown in chapter4, is achieved by

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shaking your headbetweenthe two holes indicated below the two notes. The
markingfor the two hole shake is three slashes below the two note heads,

OCTAVE
Octave: The octave embouchure, shown in chapter 5, is notated with the
hole numbers you are supposed to play onthe left and right side of your
embouchure. The bottom numberis the left side of your embouchure and the
top numberis the right side of your embouchure.

FLUTTER OCTAVE
TONGUE Flutter Tongue: Theflutter tongue, shown in chapter SHAKE
5, is notated in the samefashion as the octaveis, but
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there are three slashes notated betweenthe two note Za

heads to tell youto do flutter tongue. At first glance =
's easyto mistake this marking for a twohole shake,
but rememberthat the two hole shake has the three 5 6
slashes below both note heads not between. 2 3
Octave Shake: The octave shake, shown in chapter 5,
is notated with three slashes betweenthe twooctaves that
youareto shake between.