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I have had pretty good luck by starting with holes about 2/3 the calculated diameter. I gradually enlarge holes, starting with right ring finger until the tuner says the pitch is correct in the low octave. Alas, the overblown notes are flat. You can raise the pitch by blowing louder, but that is the...

Mariachi Polka is not at all totally crazy. Here in southern California we are much closer to Mexico than you, and in fact a lot of us are actual Mexicans! And half of the radio and TV stations are Mexicans. Come here and listen, and you will hear a lot of polka on those stations, but it is traditio...