Re: [Harp-L] The Ashby Method for Overbending

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I play both right side up and upside down.  I have no trouble overblowing
either way.  I cannot make Neil's method work for me, however.  I also am
confused as to whether a teaching method can be copyrighted.  I do have a
copyright on my book, but I think that's just so no one can reprint the
book and sell it under their own authoriship.  The concepts are
everybody's, it's is my language I am copyrighting. Or can you copyright a
technique?
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Brian Irving <brian.irving@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Playing "upside down" should not make any difference, other than reversing
> the direction of the air flow (to the appropriate side of the hole) to
> achieve overblows, if that technique is, indeed as effective as claimed.
> I've played "upside down" from day 1 and I manage to bash out a tune or
> two, incorporating all traditional blow and draw bends and octave splits as
> necessary, without getting thrown out of any bars (or bands!).
> B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]
> Sent: 02 November 2014 19:36
> To: harp-l
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The Ashby Method for Overbending
>
> (1) Below is among the comments I received that was not "cc:" to Harp-L:
>
> "That's amazing.  I've been playing for 55 years and the one technique
> that has baffled me, despite various suggestions from my customizers is the
> overblow.
> I tried this and had instant gratification.  Many thanks.
> "
>
> (2) Pertaining "playing the harp numbers down" then I consider that to be
> a non-standard embouchure and would not bother to comment. Somebody on
> YouTube performs with the harp backward in his mouth and selects the notes
> via covering holes with his fingers; that is another non-standard
> embouchure and he ought even not consider overbends.
>
> /Neil
>
>
>