Blow Bending and Overblows - How The Heck Do I Do It?!

[ChetLIV]

So… I have not seen any harmonica.com videos or anything teaching us how to do blow bends and overblows. I feel like this is essential, and I also noticed that intermediate and advanced videos are few and far between. Anybody have good link(s)?

-Chet, the cello guy

[thunder58]

Sorry I can’t help here . But best to you in finding the learning @ChetLIV

[Luke]

@ChetLIV There’s really no difference between blow bends and draw bends. Check this out:

If you can do a -6’ draw bend on a D harmonica, it’s EXACTLY the same mouth position as an 8’ blow bend on a G harmonica.

I’d steer clear of over blows until you’ve mastered all your draw bends and blow bends and are ready to shell out some dough on a custom harp. Not the best use of time until then imo.

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[Luke]

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[ChetLIV]

Thank you, Luke!