this has probobly been answer before...but i just started to get overblows. i cant do them on comand though. still trying to figure out the exact way to place my tounge. but i can get em sometimes. so my question is do you have to force extra air to get the overblow? the way i get my over blow is by bringing my tounge almost to the roof of my mouth. then i kinda make a shape with it but i havnt fully figured that out yet. havnt been able to hold the note long enough. i get the over blow then i lose it. so ya i just wanted to know if extra air was needed to force it or not so i can eliminate that from my trial an errors.
Last Edited by on Jun 25, 2009 2:17 PM
In my experience: if an overblow is playable, it is also playable with little air pressure. Pressure helps to get the overblows but I think it wrecks harps... ---------- germanharpist, harpfriends on Youtube
Damn that was painful, but congrats, you got it! Or well, the beginning of it anyway. I wish I had recorded myself when I was learning! Now I know what my wife and beagle were going thru. Keep up the good work.
here you go. you have your tounge in the perfect possision. if you like a millimeter off you loose it. at least for me thats how i see it. i give mad respect to people who can overblow nicely now that i know how hard it is.
"like a millimeter off you loose it." That's exactly it. What I forgot to mention: The more exact the position of your tongue the less air pressure you need. I always have to remind myself, not to focus too much on air pressure but on the right tongue position.
And then to get that tongue position and air pressure just right to get that ob to sound more and more bearable... it's definitely a challenge. With my cheapo Bluesbands anyway... lol.
just wanted to confirm for any one else learnin overblow it is alot easier on a Bb harp. i can bang em out like nothing on there. even on a special20.
Last Edited by on Jul 04, 2009 10:46 PM
And now work your way to the more difficult harp/holes. Maybe go up in key, and down the harp... and try it on all different harps... And then finally the 1 hole ob on a harp lower than C, which is somewhat again a different technique (it seems to me anyway...).
IMO, the worse the harps/the holes that you learn on the easier it gets to overblows on better harps/holes. After practicing on my crappy Bluesbands for a year getting obs on a untinkered MB (which I posted pictures of) is totally effortless and I even got the overdraws (for the first time) on holes 7, 8, 9.
