Overblows and harmonicas
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Here are a few thoughts on overblows and harmonicas. These ideas are relevant to both setting up and playing overblows on the diatonic harmonica.
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- Overblows, overdraws, overbends are just like regular bends. The same thing that causes a regular note to bend causes the note to overbend.
- Air flow makes the reeds move and resonance affects the frequency (pitch). This is basic to how the harmonica works.
- Resonance can make a reed stand still. Resonance is kinetic energy and it can greatly affect the frequency of a reed.
- Resonance has a strong effect on both reeds when regular bends are played. Regular bends are double reed bends and overblows are single reed bends - they have a different behavior and sound.
- Resonance has a weaker effect on the closing reed than the opening reed during an overblow. If you can't hold and overblow note, it's likely because the reed that's supposed to stand still is not standing still.
- There are several kinds of overblow. Which is your favorite?
- It’s technique, but it’s also the harp. You need technique to play overbends but you also need a harp that will respond to your playing.
Thank you Andrew. I understood things like I never have in 3 years of learning about the diatonic. 🎶💙
Am a self learner , and now from your videos am learning so many new things, a whole new vertical opened up. Thank You so much!!
Thank you. Super helpful in wrapping my head around the mechanics of it all.
Really great video
Great post by the way .. really great information.. and very well presented.. thanks so much
Very interesring video. I've adjusted my Golden Melody in D to play overblows more easily. :)
I have watched so many videos on how to adjust my marine bands to do overblows and I have found it impossible. Then when i mess with the reeds if they get too closed then I get no sound on a draw or a blow on one note. It's very frustrating. These marine bands are insurmountable for me.
Hi please can you tel my I am playing chromatic c harmonica 12 holl but holl no10 not work blo only dro whey
good video, the problem i have is when setting up my harps i get the overblows and overdraws and within a few days the reeds return to the origional position then i may have to redo everything over and over is there a quicker way to get them to stay where i want them?
Timber is wood... Tambre.. is tonal quality (even tho its spelled with an I)
It's spelled timbre!
But yeah, sounds like "tamber".
Probably should stick to method rather than trying to explain the physics of it. I’m sure you can help others with method, but you will mislead players if they run with your physics explanation. First impressions count.