Blowbends vs. Overblows - What is the Difference?

[@Learntheharmonica]

Thanks for watching! Learn to bend and overblow today in my online harmonica school - www.learntheharmonica.com/school-signup

[@anandaarju5389]

First of all congratulations Liam for your new journey with Hohner. We hope you will continue to give us lessons & new techniques as you did . Take care

[@Learntheharmonica]

Thanks so much! Of course I'll be playing Hohner for gigs and recordings, but I made sure to retain creative freedom for my lessons, so you'll continue to see features/reviews for all brands.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

I struggled playing the high notes on any harmonica in the key of A or above, and usually accidentally do blow bends by accident. I find blow bends easier than playing those notes straight! I’ve never used overblows, and suspect that they may be a bit advanced for the level I’m at at the moment. I use Lee Oskar harmonicas and I’ve been told it’s almost impossible to overblow on a Lee Oskar. I don’t know if that’s true, but it’s put me off trying. I take huge comfort in the fact that a lot of really great, well known, harmonica players never learned to overblow.

[@raymondallanwing]

you can do overblows on a Lee Osker there just harder to setup.

[@cyounesful]

Ufffff so many new complicated things to learn, would it not be easier with a chromatic harmonica😮???

[@Learntheharmonica]

Yep - there's so much to learn. Good luck.

[@romanpekar7058]

Where can I get such a t-shirt though?

[@Learntheharmonica]

I designed the t-shirt, I used to tell them but now they're kind of a collectors item!

[@romanpekar7058]

@@Learntheharmonica i’d buy one if you’d restarted the sale

[@radiofry]

Glad you asked this. As soon as I saw it I started searching online. Should’ve read the comments first.

[@ApexNick]

The only reason I've read the comments was to find where to get the shirt.

[@jacko64366]

Don’t understand why the Hole 5 Draw Bend F to E isn’t shown here ?

[@Learntheharmonica]

Hole 5 will only give a microbend - it won't bend to the E. Bends will only give you the middle ground between the blow and draw reed. 5 blow is an E, 5 draw is an F, so there's only a semitone between them - hence the draw note will only bend down less than a semitone. For this reason, it's not usually included on charts as it won't produce an additional note of the chromatic scale. It's the same with the 7 blow bend. Compare that with the 3 draw, where you can get three extra semitones in bends because there is such a big interval between the blow and draw note. It's all physics!