Re: [Harp-L] Over blowing

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congrats - you're getting the hang of it.

An overblow goes up to a semitone above the draw reed, because it's actually the draw reed going backwards (away from the reed slot instead into it) that makes the overblow note). The resulting note may or may not be a third above the blow reed, depending on what hole you're playing.

The sounds you're calling overtones are actually the blow reed and the draw reed sounding at the same time. If you can focus the tuning of your mouth cavity, you can eliminate this - or you can cultivate it for certain effects.

Winslow

----- Original Message ----
From: G. E. Popenoe <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2008 12:37:35 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Over blowing



Subtitled 
"adventures 
in 
torturing 
your 
diatonic 
lower 
register"

Now 
that 
I 
have 
an 
accurate 
description 
of 
over 
blowing, 
I 
pulled 
out  
my 
D 
Lee 
Oskar 
and 
nursed 
it 
into 
some 
over 
blows.

They 
weren't 
pretty 
but, 
by 
golly, 
they 
were 
there. 
Again 
the 
cats  
beat 
a 
hasty 
retreat 
and 
protests 
issued 
from 
my 
wife's 
office.

Sounds 
like 
it 
lips 
up 
a 
third? 
Some 
one 
correct 
me 
on 
that.

Side 
effects: 
Nearest 
draw 
read 
up 
sticks.

Ringing 
(goes 
away 
with 
practice)

Chord 
like 
overtones 
(kind 
of 
fun)


Gary 
Popenoe
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