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Overblow Technique

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Thu, 01/21/2021 - 10:52
jonbouriaque
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David,

I just watched portions of your interview about tongue-blocking, where you said that every technique can be done tongue-blocked.  I've heard it said that the only way to overblow is to pucker.  It's certainly true for me.

I've only ever been able to do overblows puckered.

I would love to do everything tongue-blocked to avoid the oral gymnastics of switching ombouchers.

Can overblows be done tongue-blocked? If so, do you have any tips?

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Thu, 01/21/2021 - 11:46
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David Barrett
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Hello jonbouriaque. Yes, you

Hello jonbouriaque. Yes, you can tongue block overbends... Ross Garren, who teaches the overbend lessons on the site, is tongue blocking all of his overbends. You can do it, it will just a take a lot of experimenting and reps.

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