Re: [Harp-L] Old harp-ler here/ Overblows

[Phillip Franklin <pbf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome back, Sandy!  I well remember your playing with a string ensemble 9-10 years ago -- your playing was so smooth I couldn't tell whether it was you or the violin.

-Phil in KC




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From: Sandy Weltman <harpmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 1:12:12 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Old harp-ler here/ Overblows

Hi Folks- This is Sandy Weltman here.  Iâve just (re) subscribed to harp-l but Itâs been a really long time since Iâve been on. Iâm still playing quite a bit here in St.Louis  but I havenât kept up with a lot of my harmonica friends in quite a while, so I just wanted to say hi. Also Iâve seen a few posts this week about overblowing and wanted to put my 2 cents in for whatever itâs worth. I learned to overblow from Howard back in the late 1980âs. I remember the first few years when I was learning that everytime an overblow came up in a song or solo I was playing, I was extremely conscious of it (and often nervous).  However Just like bending, it became completely assimilated into my playing style such that I havenât been âconsciousâ of playing an overblow in years. Itâs just another note.  Itâs definitely (and obviously) not a must for playing great blues or any other music for that matter. I just found that it added a different
 dimension to my personal style that was real exciting for me and also fit my playing well. Anyway,nice be be back on harp-l and I hope to stay connected with you all in future posts.

Thanks- Sandy

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