Re: [Harp-L] overblow-friendly & Thanx to Fernando

[BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx]

I kept hearing about that Overblow  site and never checked it out until now. 
Thanx Fernando. I have to admit that  every time I read about yooz guys doing 
those overblows and overdraws it makes  me wonder if I'm not so far behind 
that I'll never catch up. I've been playing a  long time and up until now felt 
pretty good about my abilities. I can draw bend  all the right notes and blow 
bend all but the 10 hole with impunity, I get the  10 about half of the time so 
I stay away from it unless it is absolutely  necessary, but these overblows 
are like the mythical Holy Grail to me. I've  found that I can play the blues 
licks that everybody else does most of the time,  but man, I'm not even sure if 
I know what an overblow sounds like. I have this  dial up computer service and 
can't download the sound bites that have the  overblows on them. Can anybody 
tell me what they are supposed to sound like.  I've been playing around with 
it by bending the draw note and then keeping that  embouchure to blow and I 
THINK I have it but.....................can't teach an  old dog new tricks I 
reckon.
    
       By the way Fernando, congrats on your  achievements, and I'm glad 
you're getting where you wanna go. You'll be missed  by me, and I'll always 
remember the pro treatment you showed me, even tho I'm  not really a "name" in the 
industry.
 
              Randy
         BiscuitBoy Blues
 
In a message dated 7/30/2007 2:56:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

AKA tip  scooping...

Chamfering is a variation of the scoop, shown here by  Tinus:
http://www.overblow.com/?menuid=161

and here by a Brazilian  guy:

http://www.fractal.art.br/ecafhb/en/scooping.html

Ludo does  it a bit different than it's shown on boths sites, I  believe.

Cheers,
Fernando








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