Re: [Harp-L] 3draw bend / overblow

[William Madel <wmadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you all for your helpful pointers and advice on the bending and
overblows.  What an amazing resource this Harp-L community is.  Thanks
again.



On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 8:13 PM, michael rubin <
michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I would relax about overblows.  Although I have the occasional student
> who learns to overblow within the first year of playing, it generally
> starts to come easier after about 2 years.  If you really want to
> learn overblows, learn to control your high note blow bends to the
> point where you can improvise a solo in the style of Jimmy Reed.  That
> will strengthen your embouchure to the point where overblows on a well
> set up harp will be easy.
>
> It sounds like you have your work cut out for you on holes 2 and 3.
> Remember your first position songs in the middle register of the harp?
>  Learn them again in the first octave.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Overblows don't require valves - valves *prevent* the possibility of
> overblows.
> >
> > Some harps overblow reasonably well out of the box, others don't. This
> is partly to do with airtightness, partly to do with reed adjustment.
> Pretty much all unvalved harmonicas can be improved in their
> overblow-readiness with some adjustment.
> >
> > Winslow
> >
> >
> > Winslow Yerxa
> > Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> > Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> > Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> > Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >   "Degregorio, Jeffery" wrote"
> >
> > Unless I'm mistaken, to get overblows too, don't you have to do
> something to the reeds themselves - like wind savers or something to the
> reeds - (excuse my ignorance if this is not the correct term)?  Can someone
> explain this.
> >
> > Can overblows be done with a new/or unmodified harp out of the box?
>
>


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