Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 1998/05

From: Rich & Tani Miller <musicians@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] a reed question and Re: [kl] Anti-alto clarinet forces
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 17:10:17 -0400

I play oboe as well as clarinet and flute. Oboe, in defense of the players, is a
difficult instrument to play softly. It's not just a matter of changing the air
pressure. If you just change the air pressure on oboe, intonation is affected.
You have to use your embouchure to play more softly.

However . . . I am a clarinet player who also plays oboe . . . you have my
sympathy!

C E Field wrote:

> In a message dated 5/13/98 4:37:10 PM, you wrote:
>
> << I sit by the oboes, and sometimes they don't even hear me. >>
>
> Karena, don't feel bad. I sit next to ONE oboe in my wind ensemble and there
> are lots of times I can't even hear myself! Have you considered that the
> oboists may not be sensitive to dynamics? That is, they're playing TOO LOUD. I
> love the oboe, but the instrument can be very piercing. I don't know too many
> clarinetists who could compete volume-wise with a gaggle of oboes...
>
> Cindy
>
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