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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2005-02-22 17:40
One of the images that immediately made a difference to me came from the book, "Essays for Oboists," by Jay Light. In describing a good oboe embouchure, he contrasts what he calls the "Cabbage Patch Doll" embouchure with what he calls the "anteater" embouchure -- and he includes clever illustrations of each.
It is uncanny how much his "anteater" illustration looks like how the round and open embouchure feels to me -- although the mouth doesn't actually look like that at all, if you check it in the mirror.
But whenever I catch my tone sounding a little thin, I flash myself that mental image, and I can immediately come up with a fuller, easier sound.
Technically, I think this involves tightening the sides of the lips and opening the teeth (or dropping the jaw, whichever way you like to think about it). But the image of the anteater gets me to do that without even thinking the steps.
Susan
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sömeone |
2005-02-22 08:57 |
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oboist |
2005-02-22 16:19 |
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ohsuzan |
2005-02-22 17:40 |
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vboboe |
2005-02-25 01:14 |
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chrisoboe |
2005-03-20 05:36 |
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