[Harp-L] Overblow/Overdraw General Information

[The Iceman]

If you truly want to learn the technique, you need plan on a *solid year *of
dedicated practice and you should really have a good instructor.

uh, I beg to differ.


I always fight that mind set "you need to spend a long time learning any bending technique, including OB/OD.


My beginning students (best when they've NEVER picked up a harmonica before coming for lessons) will be bending to exact pitch within a week or two of learning my techniques. Just for fun, I'll throw OB/OD into the mix after a few weeks and find that they also pick up this skill very quickly.


If you believe you need a solid year of dedicated practice, than you probably will.


If you believe it is all easy and can be done in a few weeks, then that's all you need.




You decide....


ps - very good teacher is required to achieve the same results as above


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Jones <greg at xxxxx>
To: Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Mar 17, 2017 10:19 am
Subject: [Harp-L] Overblow/Overdraw General Information

Here is some information from my web site that I wrote and accumulated
which speaks on the subject of overblow/overdraw.  In all the endless
discussion on the topic, what rarely gets revealed is that the skill
requires an enormous amount of practice.

Sometimes I think harmonica players just ignore that because they would
rather spend endless hours commenting on social media and then go spend
spend extra money on a custom harmonica.

If you truly want to learn the technique, you need plan on a *solid year *of
dedicated practice and you should really have a good instructor.


http://www.1623customharmonicas.com/single-post/2014/12/14/Overblow-Playing-OBOD


*Greg Jones*
*16:23 Harmonicas*
Web Site:        1623customharmonicas.com