Re: [Harp-L] overblow terminology

[Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:10 AM, <philharpn@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Howard Levy once said that it took him several years to discover overblows


âSo the guys who PLAY those notes still call them overblows?â

I thought the distinction was that overblows produce a pitch HIGHER than
the reed's designed pitch. Whereas bends, both blow and draw, pull the
pitch DOWN.

I don't think OVERDRAW helps us clarify at all.
Do we have consensus?

Robert Hale
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