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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 06:45:29 -0500
From: Chris Michalek
Subject: BLUES players who overblow and SPAH

Hello All,

If you want to begin using overblows in your blues playing then take a
moment to think about the notes you are already playing. The same riff
can be played in any octave with the use of overblows.

Any place you normally use a 4 draw bend (Db on a C harp) you can play
the same thing an octave higher using the 7 overdraw. It the sam
patteren of thought if you use the 3 haf-step bend that relates directly
to the six overblow.

Overblows are nothing special. They are no different than the other
bends. If you think they are something different then mentally they will
be harder to play. I have noticed that all of my begining students have
no problem with the overblows. Most of them were able to get them within
two weeks of me showing the how. If you think they are harder to get
than other notes than the will be. The goal is not to think about them
at all.

I'm sure there are lots of traditional blues players who incorporate
overblows into their playing.

Joe Filisko and Dennis Gruenling come to mind first. Michael Peloquin
has a great new album where he uses overblows seemlessly.

I will be at SPAH for a couple of days next week. I will make myself
available to anyone who wants to know anything about overblows in any
context, vibrato, whatever.... Feel free to interrupt me and I will be
more than happy to sit down with anybody. My only purpose of going to
SPAH is share what I know. Please do not hesitate to ask.

See you next week.

Chris