Re: XB bending vs Overblowing

["Tinus" <tinus@xxxxxxx>]

> And then even when we do practice religiously, there's still something
about
> overblowing that seems a little too random.   As if, despite all your
practice, there's
> still a hope and a prayer involved as to whether that overblow is going to
pop out at
> the moment you need it most.    Are you playing a Filisko or a Golden
Melody?   Are the
> gaps tweaked just right?   Are the sun and the moon and stars aligned
properly?

One of the things you have to learn when you learn to overblow is setting up
your harmonicas.
Once you learn to do that there is no need to worry about whether that
overblow is going to pop out.
The only thing you will be realy worried about is whether or not that hole 3
half step bend is going to be in tune.

I do not think that I will enjoy playing an xb40 very much. first because of
all those half step bends that I know I am going to play out of tune and
second because the pitches go in the wrong direction.
I mean that the blow notes bend down instead of jumping up.
But I must say that I am very much someone who sticks to what he knows :-)


Tinus
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