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Author: Cindy
Date: 2001-10-23 01:41
Why is it that it is bad to play oboe and clarinet? Can I play both but still improve on clarinet?
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Author: Bob Rausch
Date: 2001-10-23 02:31
I used to ask the same question. The only answer I can come up with is embochure. While the hand placement and fingerings are similiar, your embouchure is different. A girl I went to college with used to double clarinet and oboe. She was far better at oboe than clarinet, but could hold her own in marching band. She used to tell me it was difficult, because you put less mouthpiece in your mouth with oboe. I guess if your trying to establish a good clarinet embouchure, changing back and forth can make it more difficult. You could still improve on both, but its going to take more work.
Bob
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-10-23 02:59
Who told you that, Cindy... one of your competitors trying to psych you out?
- ron b -
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Author: Wes
Date: 2001-10-23 08:15
The only limitation to playing both oboe and clarinet is the amount of practice time you have and the amount of time you have for making oboe reeds. Most serious oboe players make their own reeds as the ones available for purchase are not optimum and cost a lot of money because of the time required for making them. There is no conflict with the embouchures as I see it. Every week, I play them both in different organizations and sometimes for public performances.
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Author: Lisa Chien
Date: 2001-10-23 19:35
I have to agree with Wes. The real issue is time. I doubled on Oboe and Clarinet from grade 6 to senior year in High school. But once I was in university I really did not have enough time to fully dedicate myself to both instruments. So it really is a matter of time. Also, I was kind of thankful that I no longer had to make reeds for my oboe; it's like being a marathon runner and having to make your own sneakers. At the lower grades it's easy to be great at both compared to kids who don't even apply themselves. However, once you're in university, competing against a student from Austria who started playing at the age of 6 on his custom made Kinderklarinette and whose father is a clarinetist for a major orchestra, then inorder to be better, one needs every minute of practice time.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-10-24 13:09
My experience with doubling/tripling/quadrupling instruments has taught me that the more alternating one does the less one instrument affects another.
To say that you cannot play one well if you play another is like saying that the olympic athlete should avoid walking because it will affect his running, or that you should not use your tongue for talking because it will affect your clarinet tongueing, or that the woodwind player should never kiss.
Just get on with it - practicing both, and frequently alternating.
A serious challenge is is playing clarinet for 10 minutes and then in a couple of seconds to piccolo, and I know from experience that can be mastered, even though I initially thought it impossible.
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Author: Mario
Date: 2001-10-24 14:20
Richard Stoltzman played a lot of oboe at a high level when he was (much) younger. I am told that he was excellent on it. He also played tenor sax, but that was for get $$$ gigs in order to pay for the rent. I never heard anybody commenting on his tenor sax performance though. Sometimes, silence can be defeaning...
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2001-10-27 16:33
I'm one to talk about doubling/quadrupling, maybe even sextupling. I even go as far as into the brass. Going stright from contra to French horn to flute can be quite a challenge. As long as there are career options out there for the widespread, I don't mind. I heard pit/chamber orchestras like those sort of doublers.
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Author: Anna
Date: 2001-10-27 21:09
You only need to look at the original Reed 3 part for West Side Story to see that doublers are popular - flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, cor anglais, and two of the saxophones! (can't remember which ones) I know several people who double bassoon and clarinet, and one who doubles oboe/bassoon/clarinet. They don't seem to have many issues - as has been said, time to practice is the hardest thing!
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