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, in one place. 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.
 

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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 graduated from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague where he studied jazz on the diatonic harmonica. For videos and an up to date gig list see tinuskoorn.nl


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
Replacing the weighted reed

Practicing Overblows
Practicing Intonation
Practicing The Choke
Collected tips & tricks

Overblow Players
Jason Ricci interview
Joe Filisko interview

Examples
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Blues Scales
bent overblows
Other Examples

Downloads
Links
Contact

Donations

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