Overblows are Easy - Harmonica Blues

2 3 4B
4 3 5B 4 3
4 4 3 5B 4 3
4 4' 4 4OB 5B 5D 5OB 6
6OB 6
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[@littledre]

In blues overbends are very useful: on the 1st and 4th chords (6*), on the 1st (-7* very difficult to adjust), on the 4th (1* - a tricky one, 4*,5*) and on the 5th chord (-9*), all in all, flat 3rd one is the most important and i love it!

[@lwinlwin8995]

position overblow notes need for me.lovely brother🙏

[@MonsoonMal]

In 2nd position, I often used hole 6 overblow. That gives the flat 3rd of the scale (same note as 3 draw 1/2 step bend)

[@licandres01]

Very nice collection and one can see you've put the to good use.

[@MonsoonMal]

Thank you 😀

[@N2Yeshua777]

I have the rocket amps and still not able to get the overblows . guess I'm a show bloomer lol

[@MonsoonMal]

Overblows are tricky to learn, they take a bit of practice (and that can take some time, no rush) - but eventually they are not any harder than the other bends.

[@Wilders53]

Man good job. I'm 51 and have always loved the harmonica and have bought 3 or 4 throughout the years and I'd try for a while and quit. I just never could get the hang of playing it. Now would this mean I suck to much to blow? Lol nice harmonica collection!! I really liked the fact you have your grandfather's harmonica!!! That's awesome

[@MonsoonMal]

Thanks Scott :) If you happen to have one of those harmonicas around still give this one a go kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmLdgKSpbbyhe7M

[@jamesgui3733]

You don't practice with Jason anymore?

[@MonsoonMal]

Sure do, I get lessons every few months (more often when he is not on tour 😀 )

[@dinogoldie9716]

I've got a Seydel session standard. I want to overblow on the 6th and 7th holes. Will it OB out the box? What's the best overblow-ready non-customized harp?

[@MonsoonMal]

I don't see a lot of Seydel's here in Australia. The one I have is highly customised. But it may well overblow 6 out of the box - most decent stock harps these days will. 7 over draw is less common and often needs the reed gaps close a bit. I don't know if there is a "best" overblow ready non customised harp, possibly an Arkia Signature kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGixnI2abdyHkNksi=f6GcB2FwYXqBqV8e

[@patrikduller8449]

I can overblow, but I don't even use them that much.😎

[@MonsoonMal]

In 2nd position I love the hole 6 over blow. Giving you a flat 3rd to play 2 octaves of pentatonic scale, really usefull.

[@patrikduller8449]

@@MonsoonMal Yeah, basically all I use them for (and I'm using stock harps) is to bring some licks I do down below up to the higher octave. For example all the notes in the 2 hole draw and then use the 5 overblow to do the same thing higher up there.

[@JBCavern]

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm still learning and can bend and have hit a few overblows but have wondered when I'll need overblow. I think I need to improve my bends and then move on the tongue blocking first.

[@MonsoonMal]

@@JBCavern Sounds like a great plan. I got really frustrated because I couldn't play a chromatic scale in the middle octave - now that I can I rarely want or need to do that lol

[@patrikduller8449]

@@JBCavern Another thing with overblows is that even if you can do them, they will never sound as expressive as a bendable draw, so if you really need powerful sounding notes, sometimes it might be ever better to change tuning and use a country harp or Wild Tuning to get the desired note without having to overblow. It would be apleasure to see you on my own channel, if I may be so bold LOL.😀

[@josephchemaly7403]

Wow👋👋👋

[@MonsoonMal]

Thanks - but it's just practice, you can do it too!