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Author: Justin
Date: 2001-02-20 23:46
My high C (two ledger lines above the staff) is extremely flat! My high C# is sharper and sounds in tune; when I play a high Bb and then a high C it sounds like I am going from Bb to C#! Is anyone else having this problem?
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Author: Kyle Jubenville
Date: 2001-02-26 13:55
It sounds like A. you are having problems with your embechoure, and you are either biting down too hard or not hard enough with the B flat. The high notes on oboes are extextremely tempermental and are almost completely all embechoure and can't rely on just playing the note on the reed. Also, another thing to consider is the actual reed that things may be wrong with it. I have had a reed that put my oboe in the key of G before, so there are definately things to consider
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Author: megan bradley
Date: 2001-03-01 22:05
I also play oboe, and have a similar problem. This creates quite a problem in band music when high c's occur. I've found that if you listen to a high c that sounds in tune, preferably not on a piano, then you can get it a lot closer. That was my oboe teacher's advice.
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Author: Aaron
Date: 2001-04-21 21:08
Hello. Poor intonation on high notes on the oboe can be due to several causes. It could be a reed problem definitely. Is the intonation fairly consistent in other registers? If it is, then I would lean towards saying that it's more likely a matter of air support. (I know all oboists hate hearing that, but it's usually the case.) In playing high notes, I was always told that the embourcure should change very little if at all, and that how on pitch and with how good of a tone the instrument sounds is a function of the air passing down the horn. When you get up high, try and imagine your air column inside the oboe as speeding up while becoming more focused. You can think of it as trying to blow through the horn and trying to move individual dust bunnies on the floor =). Blowing with a focused stream of air is different from blowing hard also. There are lots of allegorical suggestions about what all this should feel like, but really the bottom line is lots of support and consistency of embourcure. Lastly, it could be just the oboe you're playing on. I remember switching from my beginning horn to the next step up (many years ago), and boy what a difference. good luck.
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