RE: [Harp-L] RE: overdraw overbend overblow

[Marc Molino <mmolino54@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It may be a little easier to actually visualize this--I know someone has already posted the link to overblow.com, but if you go to their scale finder you can see what we're talking about:http://overblow.com/?menuid=26

Blue dots represent bend notes:Holes 1 thru 6 allow you to bend notes down on the draw (draw bends).
Holes 7 thru 10 allow you to bend notes down on the blow (blow bends).Here you are bending the reed that normally sounds that note.
Red dots represent overbend notes:Holes 1, 4, 5, and 6 can be bent up on the blow (over blows).Here you are actually stopping the blow read from sounding and forcing the note from the draw read.Holes 7, 9, and 10 can be bent up on the draw (over draws).Here you actually stopping the draw read from sounding and forcing the note from the blow read.
-Marc M

> From: patpowers@xxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 10:03:00 -0500
> Subject: [Harp-L] RE: overdraw overbend overblow
> 
> OK, this may seem like a silly question to some of you, but I'm just a
> guitar player and singer that plays some blues harp as well. I've been
> hearing some confusing information (to me anyway) about bending notes;
> overblow, overbend, draw-bend, blow-bend, etc...
> 
> Is it even possible to bend notes up?  OR, is everybody just using different
> terminology for draw-bends and blow-bends?  
> 
> I can bend notes downward with no problem, even to the point of playing
> clean chromatic scales, but I have never been able to bend notes up.  Am I
> missing something?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Pat Powers
> 
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> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 05:51:34 -0800
> From: Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] overdraw overbend overblow
> To: Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harp-L list <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> "Overbend" is the general term for both overdraws and overblows.
> "Overblows" are the overbends available on holes 1 to 6; overdraws are the
> overbends available on holes 7 to 10.
> 
> 
> On Friday, February 7, 2014, Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > TERMS I UNDERSTAND:
> > draw, blow (check)
> > draw bend, blow bend (check)
> >
> > WHERE DO THESE FIT IN?
> > overdraw
> > overbend
> > overblow
> >
> > Are there two names in use for the same thing?
> >
> > Thanks, All.
> >
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