I am really struggling to bend on mySP20 in C, especially the 4 draw and the 3 half bend. However, I can hit them all, inconsistently, on my Seydel Session Steel in A..
Do others find it easier to bend on an A, or is it perhaps the steel works a bit better for me?
On the four draw try doing tee too the too should be the bend. Let me know how you get on.
Thanks. Yes, that helps to move it a little bit, but I feel I’m using too much force to pull it off. I’ll keep at it.
Keep practicing use half the breath you normally use, it’ll come.
Practice both methods of tee too and kee koo and your bending should come .
Reed gap is a big factor in how easy a bend can be played. If you can whistle inhaling it is a big help I/M/O. If you can try to lower the pitch while doing it or trying to. It is easy to move through the sweet spot so try it slowly, even if you cannot whistle, just inhale slowly. Your tongue will draw back exactly like a bend, If you can get one bend you can get another. Don’t know where you live but if you hear a dove cooing try to replicate this. I you can stick the harp in and do it.
I do not work on the -3/// much or the -1/. Too low. Seems like the tunes I like have the bends with a quick bens like -3/. If you ever watched batman , which I did not, try this riff. -2 -2 -2// -2// -2/ -2/-2/ -2/-2 -2.Its sounds like the tune played at the beginning. It helped me go to the -2// to the *2/ and release the bend to -2.