I have read section 4.1 "Tongue blocking vs Puckering".
Franz Chmel strongly recommends to use tongue blocking technique and emphasizes that “the only reason to use the puckering technique is when sometimes dealing with very short staccato 斷音 passages”.
As you know, I am just a beginner in chromatic harmonica. It is really a very interesting topic to me.
I find that some articles are more objective in introducing these two different techniques, such as the following document which is taken from “黃石口琴網 ”:
『半音階口琴的單音吹奏,雖然有單孔含法及多孔含法的區別,但到底何時該用單孔含法,何時又該用多孔含法,在吹奏上並沒有硬性的規定,這完全要看當時所用的技巧及個人對曲子詮釋的手法來加以考慮。吹奏功力深厚的人,用單孔含法顯然可以把樂曲表現的很柔美、圓滑,反之亦然。因此,在吹奏上,不要偏重於某一奏法,而忽略了另一奏法,應儘量採用同步之練習,達到兩種奏法都熟練的程度。至於運用手法的高竿與否,就純為個人的功力問題了。』
《原載於台灣「黃石口琴網」www.yellowstone.idv.tw》
This is for your reference please.
[ Last edited by williamkwwong on 2005-12-28 at 17:51 ]