Klarinet Archive - Posting 000822.txt from 1998/05

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] a reed question and Re: [kl] Anti-alto clarinet forces
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:10:54 -0400

><< 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

Oboes are unique and cut through the thick of anything. I tend to believe
that there will NEVER be a technology available to stop the sound of an
oboe. It is one that pushes through walls, building, and cities. But, I
love it nevertheless.

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