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How to Gap your Harmonica Reeds for Optimum Bendability

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0:00 INTRO 02:35 Demystifying Bendable Note Identification 10:59 Required Tools for Gapping 11:34 Definition of Gapping 13:22 Supersized View of Reed 15:38 Light Box 16:09 BLOW Reeds Zero Points 18:30 METHOD 1 for setting BLOW Reeds Zero Point Gapping 21:58 METHOD 2 for setting BLOW Reeds Zero Point Gapping 24:46 Preferred settings for BLOW Reeds Zero Point Gapping 28:37 REED CALIBRATION/Gapping Charts 30:59 METHOD 1 "The Lumberjack" for setting the Reed's FREE END Gaps 40:51 METHOD 2 "The Brake" for setting the Reed's FREE END Gaps 49:19 Corrective strategies 51:26 METHOD 3 "The Swaddle" for setting the Reed's FREE END Gaps 54:35 SUMMARY 55:03 OUTRO

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