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Re: beginner oboists

Author: johnt
Date: 2008-11-08 20:37

Make sure these students are not biting the reed. Use the purse string analogy for embouchure formation. If that doesn't work, have them whistle. Have them also visualize a grapefruit sitting on the tongue & try to pin the navel against the front side of the spinal column. Have them gargle with water, then have them imitate that feeling in the throat while playing. Most importantly, remember Stevens Hewitt's statment: "The memory of how it feels is your only method." All this should get them off the ground.

Best,

john

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