Thanks.I am working on that.So far,no good but I will keep trying. I have been using overblows and overdraws for a long time but I usually avoid the 1 hole.I never had a problem with 7 o/d or any others. I was the first person I know to use 10 hole overdraw...I think because most people were following Howard Levy and he didn't seem to know about it- at least he never mentioned it in his instructional videos. I did my first one (by accident!) in 1966.
I personally have never had this problem but I have heard from other people that have that especially on the hole 7 overdraw. I think that the problem is that you are using the same part of the tongue to do the choke and the overblow. Try to move the playing of the overblow more toward the back of the tongue as if you are doing it tongue blocked, that might help.
try straightening out the reeds that will help choke the closing reed without it losing air and will let you gap just a little wider so the normal note will still play. Any curve in the reed will make it more difficult to choke the reed and means that you have to gap extra tight in order to get the overblow/overdraw.
Tinus Koorn Thanks for that! 2 years later and I can get those notes of the 1st and 7th hole dependably. This is on my Low Eb up to my high G harmonicas.
Hi Tinus, thank you for all of your material! Sometimes I have trouble setting up holes 1 and 7 to play BOTH the natural note and the overblow and overdraw (On a C harmonica these notes are C to Eb and B to C#). If I get a good gap setting and I hold the overblow and overdraw the natural note will be unplayable. I of course open the gap a little but then the ease of playing the overblow/overdraw decreases. Any tips?
Well,we will soon know.Have you seen Brendan power demonstrating it? Pretty good I would say!Maybe some of the lower blow bends need tweaking for better tone,but they are not very useful anyway- but might flow better in a particular riff.Of course the 2 hole blow bend will solve my problem with the 1 hole o/b !
Thanks Tinus! One question, although you mostly play C Harps, what's the lowest harp you get the Overblow on the 1? For me A works good. I haven't got a Ab, on the G it's hard. Greetings Konstantin
Something happened to me; I have a condition called hyperacusis which is a oversensitivity to sound. Because of that I am unable to play harmonica. When the site broke I didn't feel like having anything to do with anything harmonica related. I am looking in to getting it back up now. Still can't play though.
Hi Tinus, this is deeply sad, I wish you get well soon, I know it is a painful feeling every time hyperacusis ppl hear a noise, your musicality and amazing attitude made the number 1 platform on the internet for the world Harmonica society, hugs bro
One of the problems I have with 1 hole overblow is that it tends to be too high in pitch- no problems bending it up, but I need to bend it down.I play it with the covers on.On a C harp it should be Eb but it is usually a quarter tone (at least) too high.Trying to bend it down,I lose purchase on it somehow and it reverts to C. It's ok with the plates off but you can't easily play a gig like that! Any tips or suggestions?
The XB-40 does just what it says. The full chromatic scale is available through the same bending techniques that all accomplished diatonic players master.
Kinda surprised by your answer, find it hysterical for some reason. I have a giant Northern European head. No joke. In my entire life I have found two guys who have bigger heads then me. Luckily I am a big guy and my giant head appears normal. Just out of curiosity how does that influence the key of harp you select? Now that you know I have a monster size head, do you have any suggestions re key? I also want to thank you for your very simple teaching methods and approach for difficult techniques. I can ob in several holes but am not good enough to integrate them even into scales. The challenge is fun! Thanks, Don
In reply to Frenk78rpm I did a recording of Miles Davis' "All Blues" way back when.(I think late 80's) In it I use the double note effect by half overblowing the 6 hole. (Yes!It was deliberate!) I think it sounds really cool and I had never heard anyone else do this at the time.It was very expressive of the feeling I had for this tune.
The XB-40 DOES do that! That's why I started "SAVE the XB-40" on facebook. Hope you and Dave will check it out. I was going to post a link here, but it isn't working.
With the orange shirt, and the background somehow I instantly feel this was recorded from jail. Same thing happened the last time i watch this video, two years ago. I had to spit it for once. Now, my screwdriver
But still: Many players of diatonic harps don't want to mess with valves, wich are included with Sub 30 and Hohner XB 40. Of course there is still also the Suzuki overdrive but...
I am content with just playing all the "normal" notes and bends on my harmonica without resorting to ☠️voodoo☠️ just to get a couple more notes. Notes you can just as easily fake/imply or leave out of your song. Overblows=Overated 👏👏👏
That was the best explanation/demonstration of this technique I've seen or heard, ever!
Great job Tinus- thanks for all that you give to the harmonica world.
I don't know who you are but I sure appreciate this video. You really explained this well.
Thanks.I am working on that.So far,no good but I will keep trying. I have been using overblows and overdraws for a long time but I usually avoid the 1 hole.I never had a problem with 7 o/d or any others. I was the first person I know to use 10 hole overdraw...I think because most people were following Howard Levy and he didn't seem to know about it- at least he never mentioned it in his instructional videos. I did my first one (by accident!) in 1966.
Very good lesson, thank you. lt help me a lot.
Thank you for this video lesson. You've helped me break away from a plateau in my playing :)
Hi Tinus,
Really informative vid. Thanks.
Do you need to spend a lot of time setting up the hole 1 reeds to achieve these overblows?
I personally have never had this problem but I have heard from other people that have that especially on the hole 7 overdraw. I think that the problem is that you are using the same part of the tongue to do the choke and the overblow. Try to move the playing of the overblow more toward the back of the tongue as if you are doing it tongue blocked, that might help.
try straightening out the reeds that will help choke the closing reed without it losing air and will let you gap just a little wider so the normal note will still play. Any curve in the reed will make it more difficult to choke the reed and means that you have to gap extra tight in order to get the overblow/overdraw.
Tinus Koorn Thanks for that! 2 years later and I can get those notes of the 1st and 7th hole dependably. This is on my Low Eb up to my high G harmonicas.
This is a very helpful video - thank you very much
That Helps! Realy dug the upbend!
Also I could use the half choked double note, I like that too!
Hi Tinus, thank you for all of your material! Sometimes I have trouble setting up holes 1 and 7 to play BOTH the natural note and the overblow and overdraw (On a C harmonica these notes are C to Eb and B to C#). If I get a good gap setting and I hold the overblow and overdraw the natural note will be unplayable. I of course open the gap a little but then the ease of playing the overblow/overdraw decreases. Any tips?
Well,we will soon know.Have you seen Brendan power demonstrating it? Pretty good I would say!Maybe some of the lower blow bends need tweaking for better tone,but they are not very useful anyway- but might flow better in a particular riff.Of course the 2 hole blow bend will solve my problem with the 1 hole o/b !
nice plaid! good tutorial! overblowing slowly reminds me of the noise the tripods make on war of the worlds
GREAT JOB !!!!!!!! Great explanation on a tricky subject ! THANX a million ;))
very good videos!! thanks!!
Your videos are great - did you stop making new ones? Hope you start back up
I have given up harmonica playing completely due to severe hyperacusis.
@@overblowcom Sorry to hear about that. What are you doing now for your hobby?
@@GregoryPearsonMusic I am now into canoe ocean racing or surfski as most call it :)
@@overblowcom that actually sounds like a lot of fun.
Do you have an explanatory/demonstration video for blow bending?
Thanks Tinus!
One question, although you mostly play C Harps, what's the lowest harp you get the Overblow on the 1?
For me A works good. I haven't got a Ab, on the G it's hard.
Greetings
Konstantin
Amazing Tinus, always useful tips, what happened to your website
Something happened to me; I have a condition called hyperacusis which is a oversensitivity to sound. Because of that I am unable to play harmonica. When the site broke I didn't feel like having anything to do with anything harmonica related. I am looking in to getting it back up now. Still can't play though.
Hi Tinus, this is deeply sad, I wish you get well soon, I know it is a painful feeling every time hyperacusis ppl hear a noise, your musicality and amazing attitude made the number 1 platform on the internet for the world Harmonica society, hugs bro
One of the problems I have with 1 hole overblow is that it tends to be too high in pitch- no problems bending it up, but I need to bend it down.I play it with the covers on.On a C harp it should be Eb but it is usually a quarter tone (at least) too high.Trying to bend it down,I lose purchase on it somehow and it reverts to C. It's ok with the plates off but you can't easily play a gig like that! Any tips or suggestions?
Hey Konstantin, I can play a sustained overblow on the G harp hole 1. The only lower harp I have is a low C but I can't overblow hole 1 on that.
The XB-40 does just what it says. The full chromatic scale is available through the same bending techniques that all accomplished diatonic players master.
What is the easiest key? For instance my buddy suggested using a Bb to start overblowing and it helped. Thanks
Don Schmitz It depends on the size of your head
Kinda surprised by your answer, find it hysterical for some reason. I have a giant Northern European head. No joke. In my entire life I have found two guys who have bigger heads then me. Luckily I am a big guy and my giant head appears normal. Just out of curiosity how does that influence the key of harp you select? Now that you know I have a monster size head, do you have any suggestions re key? I also want to thank you for your very simple teaching methods and approach for difficult techniques. I can ob in several holes but am not good enough to integrate them even into scales. The challenge is fun! Thanks, Don
Don Schmitz Big head = lower keys
overblowcom I’m guessing because of the natural resonant space?
In reply to Frenk78rpm I did a recording of Miles Davis' "All Blues" way back when.(I think late 80's)
In it I use the double note effect by half overblowing the 6 hole. (Yes!It was deliberate!) I think it sounds really cool and I had never heard anyone else do this at the time.It was very expressive of the feeling I had for this tune.
Very cool! I gotta try that as overblows have been eluding me for sometime
The XB-40 DOES do that! That's why I started "SAVE the XB-40" on facebook. Hope you and Dave will check it out. I was going to post a link here, but it isn't working.
Do you need to take the reed plates off?
BoBu no
Great.
first step, how do you bend the note down?
The same way you pla a normal bent note; by changing the resonance frequency of your mouth cavity.
i dont understand, how he make 1 not bend up so high?
keep on playing and let the sound ring all the way down the prison-hallway
I can do the two steps without problemes, but when I try to do all at the same time I just have the sound at 2:01 .
Where is the problem ?
The gap on the blowreed is probably to big, or there is too much arc
did you just get out of jail?
With the orange shirt, and the background somehow I instantly feel this was recorded from jail. Same thing happened the last time i watch this video, two years ago. I had to spit it for once. Now, my screwdriver
Can't or won't?
Sorry - slip of the mouse. I meant to reply to you but replied to myself instead!See 2nd comment above.Thanks for your very helpful tips.
But still: Many players of diatonic harps don't want to mess with valves, wich are included with Sub 30 and Hohner XB 40. Of course there is still also the Suzuki overdrive but...
Bending half steps is far more difficult than overblowing and you need all those bothersome half step bends if you play xb40.
I am content with just playing all the "normal" notes and bends on my harmonica without resorting to ☠️voodoo☠️ just to get a couple more notes. Notes you can just as easily fake/imply or leave out of your song.
Overblows=Overated 👏👏👏
You mean that even with this excellent tutorial you aren't able to get the hole 1 overblow?
@taurtue yeah - I was just thinking exactly the same :-)))))
wow
Polacy ! Przejmujemy ten filmik
Finally...I suppose the Sub 30 will eventually do away with the need for overblows...so all this becomes academic.
Ha ha, sure just like the xb40 was going to.
i cant grr
Joke, nothing else.