Over-Draws/Over-Blows (Overbends) Part 2. 027

Part two in a seriers highlighting the Overdraw on holes 7,9,and 10 of a diatonic harmonica

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• draw
• overdraw
• harmonica
• harp
• overbend
• howard
• levy
• jason
• ricci
• carlos
• blues
• chromatic
• position

[ZackPomerleau]

So Jason how are you bending the blows, pushing the tongue to the teeth, saying 'eee' like Gussow described, or dropping your throat.

[jasonricci]

yeah thats it...gonna have to learn the tongue block bend this year too. what u up to?

J

[harpmonkey]

Jason,

Got to respect your honesty and no BS approach.

Tell people what they need, not what they want to hear.

Thanks for your contribution to the soul of blues.

[jasonricci]

Thanks man! That means a lot!

J

[mottag8830]

just got Rocket #9 and now i have a new favorite CD. I think it's great that people are finally playing the harmonica like a horn instead of a cliched blues harp

PS. I don't like the smoking. I think u should quit

[jasonricci]

THANK YOU!!!!

[manitate]

You're freakin awsome !!! ... i'm gonna learn a lot from you !!!

[hohner2010]

CHAMPIX rule 4 months ago i did the exact same as you did, give up are you still quit or back on them?

[tycer18]

Do you sing in the band too?

[theoriginalbillholt]

@cosmicinsane Ha! Mallard and piano. Made me laugh. I recently used a falling piano simile to describe the difference between chops-rich guitarists who do and don't have that essential 'feel' aspect to their playing: all the notes, just not all within seven seconds, thank you. At 46, I'm 'just starting', after messing with harp as a kid. I 'm trying to digest all I can on technique and let my ear take me from there. I'm a douchebag when it comes to doing things 'the right way'. JR ROCKS!

[markusmachadoReturns]

it's amazing how you can get all those high notes. Scary shit

[FastEddieWithThe9s]

Incidentally, I'm playing a Lee Oskar with no modifications (because I'm terrified I'll break it) and, although it's slow going, I've managed to get all the overblows and overdraws out apart from holes 1 and 10. Maybe you don't *have* to adjust them (but it's probably easier if you do)?

[FastEddieWithThe9s]

Excellent stuff -- I really liked the sample passages where you show us what you can actually *do* with the notes once you've learnt them. This is the cleanest example of an overdraw that I've come across on YouTube.

[maxtinkle]

Fabulous instructions, I'II look for Rocket #9. I guess it won't be on the shelves in Australia...The smoking thing, yeah took me five goes and twelve years to stop. I reckon you could hold off for ten minutes though, just for the sake of young guys watching and looking for a role model.

Keep cookin', Max

[cosmicinsane]

Wow, that McDonald's straw thing worked for me! I've been trying to figure out overdraws for a year now, and I've had no luck at all. Somehow I missed this video before but I just ran across it today. Now I can get the 7 and 9 overdraw. Of course it still sounds a lot like a Mallard duck being crushed by a falling piano, but that's what my overblows sounded like last year when I first learned them. Now they're smooth. Thanks again for all your great vids, Jason.