How To Make Your Blues Sound Bluesier | Bending the Overblows and Overdraws

If you love playing Blues on a diatonic harmonica, you might be surprised to find that you can bend more notes than you thought were possible on a standard-tuned harp. In this video, I explain how overblows work, and show you how to bend them to make your Blues even bluesier! Overblows and Overdraws add 7 notes that can’t be played using standard techniques of blowing, drawing, and bending. And they are also flexible- you can bend them up past their default pitches a little or a lot, depending on how the reeds are adjusted. To learn more about these techniques and everything else about the harmonica, check out my school: https://artistworks.com/harmonica-lessons-howard-levy The harmonica I use in this video: Hohner Golden Melody (Progressive) in C, which I adjusted to get overblows/overdraws to play more easily. You can find 3 free backing tracks for download at: https://levyland.com/teaching-videos-free-backing-tracks ► Howard’s revolutionary harmonica book Rhythms of the Breath, Vol.1: https://www.amazon.com/Rhythms-Breath-Vol-1-Revolutionary-Transform/dp/B0B6LNSM31/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1D8N0XXCOY038&keywords=rhythms+of+the+breath&qid=1658864892&sprefix=rhythms+of+the+breath%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1 ► My Harps and Gear: https://levyland.com/my-harps-and-gear ► Howard’s online harmonica school: https://artistworks.com/harmonica-lessons-howard-levy ► Website: https://levyland.com/ ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HowardLevyFanPage/ ► Instagram: https://instagram.com/howardlevyland ————————— 0:00 Intro and explanation 3:30 Slow Blues in G 6:12 Slow Blues in C 9:50 Slow Blues in Dm