Tonis
1 post
Feb 14, 2009
11:18 AM
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Yesterday night, i figured out that i can bend the 4 overblow 4 semitones up on my SP20 in C... But now, i wondered, if there's any use of overblow bends? Does anyone use them while playing?
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2009 11:20 AM
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GermanHarpist
82 posts
Feb 14, 2009
11:42 AM
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post it on youtube plz.
You could just bend the note right up to the 5ob and then take it up from there. Or you could use it in your normal playing instead of the 5 blow and draw and give it some funky bends/wails.
no can't do it myself, but would looooove to! damn, damn.
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Andrew
123 posts
Feb 14, 2009
12:01 PM
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The 6-hole OB is much like the 3-hole draw in second position. (also, in the top octave in first position, the 6-hole OB is useful)
(I can bend the 4-hole overblow up 5 semitones on a GM in C, but you aren't going to see it because I haven't got a camera)
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2009 12:02 PM
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GermanHarpist
84 posts
Feb 14, 2009
12:13 PM
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i can bend it up like 6 semis no prob. But I ... damn, I DO have a camera! ... ok, its more like 2 semitones... ... ok, 1... ;)
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Andrew
124 posts
Feb 14, 2009
12:22 PM
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I'm pretty hopeless on a MB, though. Yes, I've just tried a couple. 1 semitone on the Bb. On the D I can get greater range, but not all the intermediate notes!
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2009 12:24 PM
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Buddha
50 posts
Feb 14, 2009
12:45 PM
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I often bend the OBs as an ornament or bluesy inflection
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SteveL
24 posts
Feb 14, 2009
12:46 PM
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Seeking Clarification - when you guys talk about bending the overblow up 4 semis, are you talking about 4 semitones above the original blow note on the blow reed? i.e. a six hole ob on a c harp going all the way up to B from G (4 semitones), which sounds plausible, or are you saying you are bending the overblow up 4 semis from B flat (up to a D), which seems a little less likely?
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Andrew
125 posts
Feb 14, 2009
1:45 PM
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4-hole on a GM in C, I can bend the overblow (Eb) up five semitones to the Ab.
The technique is to relearn the overblow so you can do it with the tip of your tongue touching your lower front teeth and the middle/back of your tongue hard against your soft palate.
(when I first learned to overblow it was with the whole tongue pulled way back)
Then you raise the middle/front of your tongue and push it forwards with the tip of your tongue pressed very hard against your lower front teeth.
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2009 1:52 PM
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Tonis
2 posts
Feb 14, 2009
2:12 PM
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For clarification, I was talking about 4 semitones up from the regular overblown note. In C, 4 OB is Eb. I reach a point where i get a G with the bend... :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pxushtBCoU
here's me trying to repeat yesterdays thing, for interested ones...
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2009 3:49 PM
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