Re: [Harp-L] overblow begginner question

[Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Its pretty hard to learn without tweaking, you wouldn't want to play that 
way anyway. You need to close the gap on 4 and 5 and 6 etc.. Just for 
initial learning I would recommend you close the gap to the point where the 
4, 5 and 6 holes feel a little blocked when you blow hard. Typically, that 
is a very low gap. Sort of like taking the gap of the 9 hole and putting it 
on the 4. As you get better, you can increase the gap.

A good tip to get started is to remove the cover and overblow while holding 
down the reed in the slot. (From Howard site somewhere)

G's site provides gapping instruction  and Howard Levy and Tinus have good 
advice also.

http://www.angelfire.com/music/harmonica/reedadjustment.html

http://www.overblow.com/?menuid=137

http://www.levyland.com/levylogs.php



Have fun,

Pierre.

















----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drori hammer" <drori_hammer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:31 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] overblow begginner question


> Hi -
> I am a fairly experienced blues harp player and I am trying to teach 
> myself to overblow, with the help of the various websites (if any one can 
> suggest more of these-thanks!) - so far without great results.
> My question is : is it absolutely neccessary to have your harp 
> specifically "set up" for overblowing, or can I use my regular harps . 
> What I am trying to understand is if it`s just my technique that`s wrong 
> or if I need to alter my harps. ( I might add that I am clueless as to all 
> matters of tweaking and repairing harps)
> The harps I am using at the moment are mostly Hering vintage 1923s and 
> some Hohner MBs and Big River`s. Is it possible to OB on these without 
> major tweaking?
> Thanks for any tips
> Hammer
>
>
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