Welcome to Overblow.com

This is overblow.com, the objective of this site is to collect as much information on the diatonic harmonica technique called overblow or overbend, as possible. We hope to be able to clear up misunderstandings and teach people how to play overblows with ease and confidence.

Overblow.com is also the home of the chord and scalefinder for all harmonicas and custom tunings.
 
The latest addition to this site is Ludo Beckers page of soundsamples. Ludo plays some weirdly tuned harmonicas and uses a lot of overblows.

If you have any suggestions for the content of this site or might have material you would like to share please feel free to send us a message:
info@overblow.com

Tinus has been accepted to the Royal Conservatory of The Hague where he is now studying jazz on the diatonic harmonica.
Read all about the entrance exam on Tenhole.com

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As of september 2007 Tinus will be teaching a harmonica course at the cultural center of the Technical University in Delft. For details about the course see the site of the TU Delft cultural center.


A while back I made a text only version of this site  and also a version of the harmonica scalefinder that works with talking computers .

 

 

 

 





scalefinder for talking computers
Harmonica
Overblow Technique
H-spot
Two Parts of the Overblow
Choking the blowreed
Getting the Drawreed to sound
Playing the Overblow
Overdraws
Playing Effortlessly

Harp Modifications
Gapping
Arcing
Waxing the Rivet End
Embossing
Tip Scooping
Corner Rounding

Practicing Overblows
Practicing Intonation
Practicing The Choke
Collected tips & tricks

Overblow Players
Jason Ricci interview
Joe Filisko interview

Examples
II - V - I
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Blues Scales
bent overblows
Other Examples

Downloads
Links
Contact

Donations

EHQ
EHQ
FAQ
Playing Overblows
What is an overblow?
How do you play the overblow in hole 1?

Harmonicas
What harmonica overblows best?
What production harmonica is most easily modified to an overblow harp?


Scale-finder