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Re: Clarinet to oboe embouchure

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-02-19 02:30

The most significant thing you'll notice is how much your top lip will hurt after playing oboe if you play clarinet with a single lip embouchure. Also the oboe embouchure isn't doing much to stabilise the instrument as is having your teeth on the mouthpiece on clarinet.

Don't use mega hard reeds on oboe - use the strength reed that will allow full control when starting and playing the low notes and a reed strength that will allow you to diminuendo right down to ppp without packing up before you get there. And not so soft the top notes will suffer, so find a good balance and adjust your reeds to suit.

Are you playing oboe with the American posture or European posture? To me, the American posture with the oboe held very much downwards, elbows held in and curved wrists looks like the posture of a praying mantis. European posture has the oboe held up high, elbows out and the wrists bent and hands held upwards.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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