How to practice the overblow

Question

I've managed to learn bending down somehow by trial & error but I yet have to hear my first overblow.

How can I do to get the feeling for overblowing, so that I have a good start for the consequent hours of practice? Do I have to blow really strong or is it just a matter of lip/tongue magic?

Answer 1

This lesson by Jason Ricci should help you. The trick about bending a drawn note and holding that tongue position when blowing afterwards seems to help get you there, I don't think you have to blow particularly strongly.