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Definition of Overblows

Overblow
Overblow O`ver*blow", v. i. 1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] --Spenser. 2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.

Meaning of Overblows from wikipedia

- Kirkby Overblow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Wetherby and Harrogate and lies to the west of Sicklinghall...
- its pitch is an octave higher; thus an open cylindrical bore instrument overblows at the octave. This corresponds to the second harmonic, and generally...
- flared bell. The xaphoon has a full chromatic range of two octaves, and overblows at the twelfth like the clarinet. The first xaphoon, made out of bamboo...
- internal bore to overblow at the octave when the thumb/register hole is pinched open, while the clarinet, with its cylindrical bore, overblows at the twelfth...
- over-blowing frequently as an emotional exclamation-point, Sanders would opt to overblow his entire solo, resulting in a constant screaming and screeching in the...
- factory-built harmonicas can increase the sensitivity of the instrument and make overblows far easier to achieve. Lowering the reed gap (over the reedplate) and...
- column is cylindrical and open at one end and closed at the other, it overblows the third harmonic. "A whistle made out of a long tube with a slide at...
- instrument's body) made of cane. Similar to the clarinet, the chalumeau overblows a twelfth. The word chalumeau first begins to appear in writing during...
- models with wind-savers, but also to both lower, and raise (overbend, overblow, overdraw) the pitch produced by pairs of reeds in the same chamber, as...
- Instruments such as the clarinet which behave as a stopped cylindrical pipe overblow at the twelfth. The twelve-tone technique (also dodecaphony) is a method...