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Author: Torus Tubarius
Date: 2002-03-03 04:13
We prefer to use the word "challenging".
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Author: Bassoon Bob
Date: 2002-03-03 15:13
yes double reeds are quite challenging, though practice makes perfect! once you learn the correst way its not as hard as it seems.
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Author: Ken
Date: 2002-03-04 20:42
Both oboe and bassoon are challenging to play; but, peronally, I think the bassoon is harder than the oboe though.
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Author: Bassoon Bob
Date: 2002-03-05 17:17
both alike i think oboe is more challenging because it requires a very tight and equal pressured embochure even though bassoon does to you dont have to be as tight as what your embochure would be for the oboe.
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Author: saxy boy
Date: 2002-03-05 23:14
Double reeds are like any other instrument. It may take longer to master a good tone, but they aren't techically "harder" to play. They are quite a bit different in tone, and embouchure. Meaning that you can't use your flute or clarinet embouchure on this one. One misconception is that for oboe, you have to have a very tight embouchure. WRONG! your embouchure must be firm enough to hold the reed in place and support the tone, but not necessarily "tight". I'd say that they're not that much harder to play, however I wouldn't suggest starting out on a double reed instrument
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Author: sax baby
Date: 2002-03-16 14:51
They seemed hard to play, coz double reed players spent most of their time making reeds, and less time practicing.
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Author: SaxyBoy2
Date: 2002-03-20 20:38
just to let you know prctice doesnt always make perfect (sorry had to add my own little two cents)o_O
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Author: Torus Tubarius
Date: 2002-04-03 04:27
Well of course we spend a lot of time making reeds. It's not like we can go out and buy a new mouthpiece or a box of reeds if we're having trouble with the one we have! Oboe reed making is an art, not something you buy from VANDOREN (usually to throw away most of them anyway).
I remember when I was in high school, the brass players would always make fun of us double reed players making such a big deal out of reeds. If you told them you had a bad reed, they would just laugh at you and say, "Just play it." Well no, it doesn't work that way. It's not something you can grasp unless you play a double reed. Single reed players sort of know what it's like, but really they have no idea either.
The reed is the sole voice of the instrument with no mouthpiece to get in the way. So if you place a good reed on the horn, it's like you're attaching a well-trained set of vocal cords to it. In contrast, placing a bad reed on the horn and asking someone to play would be like taking the vocal cords from John Q. Public off the street and asking him to sing the tenor part to a Verdi opera! It will not happen.
So if you're a brass player (even though I don't know why one would be at the Woodwind Fingering Guide) and you're tired of double reed players talking about reeds, live with it. We're tired of you blowing spit out of your horn every five minutes.
If you're a single reed player tired of hearing double reed players complain about reeds, live with it. We're tired of hearing all the air escape from the sides of your mouths when you play.
Right that's my soapbox on reeds.
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Author: JenJen
Date: 2002-04-07 17:47
Amen Torus. When I first started playing oboe, I couldn't get it to play, turns out my reed was crap. New reed, no problem.
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Author: Deshaun
Date: 2002-08-29 00:01
Im a Brass Player(that plans to learn a few WW) And i have no problem with reed players. Im learning the Tenor Saxm at first i couldnt get crap out, and the kept going through reeds just to get a good tone quality.
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