Author: jhoyla
Date: 2008-09-20 18:20
If you are REALLY serious about your intonation, and are willing to work on it to improve dramatically, this is the place to start:
http://www.idrs.org/publications/Journal/JNL4/oboe.html
The article by Orlan E. Thomas was published in The Journal of The International Double Reed Society (Number 4, 1976), and is as true today as it was then. By carefully reading, understanding and then practicing as described in this article your intonation is guaranteed to improve markedly, and you have the added benefit of being able to rapidly determine if others are playing in-tune or are out of tune (since you will train your ear to hear intervals correctly).
Nowadays we have the advantage of cheap, accurate electronic tuners such as the Korg Chromatic tuner CA-30 (though there are many others). You can modify and improve the exercises given in the article by using the tuner for reference.
It requires consistent practice and dedication to the cause :-) - but then, we are all oboists ...
J.
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