How far can you bend a blues harmonica?

Running through the bends on all holes of a diatonic harmonica in the key of C.
DRAW NOTES:
1: D to Db
2: G -to F
3: B -to Ab
4: D -to Db
5: F micro-bend
6: A to Ab
BLOW NOTES:
7: C micro-bend
8: E to Eb
9: G to Gb
10: C to Bb

[@cmadden92]

Have had the harmonica for 18 years and now I finally have a lesson thanks!

[@Learntheharmonica]

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[@gobuns2]

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[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

How much reed work did it take to get all those blow bends?

[@formansbasement2311]

Probably not much. I just started blow bending for 1st position. You just play and move your tongue forward to bend

[@user-xz3pn5eh6b]

Hi! C harmonic?

[@Learntheharmonica]

Yes, key of C harmonica.

[@BeyondTheMind007]

@@Learntheharmonica Would you say C is easiest to bend on. I own a G, and can only bend on 4, and blow bend up on 9 and 10. do you have any advice?

[@brothergoodfoot]

Why doesn’t that F want to go down!? I don’t get it. I mean, I find it easier to get the D# on my E harp to come down than in the lower keys. I imagine if I had an F# harmonica, a whole step higher than an E, it would be super easy to bend its hole 3 down a whole step or more. But you move that same F tuned reed over to hole 5, and now you can’t budge it… how can this be!? 🤔

[@Learntheharmonica]

If you are referring to the 5 draw note, it's down to the mechanics and physics of bending. It's only possible to bend to a note between the blow and draw reed notes. So you can bend 3 draw way down because there's a big interval between the two reeds. However, on hole 5 there's only a half step (semitone) between the blow note and draw note, so it's only possible to get the smallest of pitch fluctuations with a bend. Hope this helps!