Re: [Harp-L] seamless overblow quest



Jerome,


You have reached good conclusions.



It is not force, but finesse in playing diatonic that achieves so many excellent results.




Exact same tongue position for the opposite bent note is a great place to start to explore controlling OB's, but I have found that further refinement works to my advantage to the point that OB have their own unique tongue placements and direction/focus of the air stream.



Onwards into the future!






-----Original Message-----
From: JersiMuse <jersimuse@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 'The Iceman' <icemanle@xxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 11:50 pm
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] seamless overblow quest


Congrats Iceman, you are definitely on the right tracks, even if not there
yet (but who is ? not I ! :-)).
If I may, here are directions I propose you to explore :
1 - the most important : use the exact same tongue position as for the
opposite bent note (few players do so, but it is to my opinion the best
technic by far, for many different reasons)
2 - the most important (ah ah) : do not force at all !!!!
3 - take a simple piece, very melodic (a classical tune for example),
without improvisation, and try to play all notes exactly with the same
tongue position, force, intensity, tone
Consider all the notes, not only OBs.
By the way, you'll see that the most difficult is trying to play seamless
bent notes, like you note in your vid :-)

Best regards,

Jerome
www.youtube.com/JersiMuse


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There has been much discussion regarding how OB will always sound different
than other notes on the diatonic, therefore being a "dead end" regarding
seamless playing.
I've differed in opinion on this matter and offer up the following as my
small contribution to this debate...
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/1685356.htm
 


 



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