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Re: just let go . . .

Author: mschmidt
Date: 2009-10-27 17:18

I'll have to think about the side-of-the-mouth effect some more, but I do have an alternative explanation for the long-side-of-the-reed effect.

> 3) It seems this discussion is related to our other thread
> about clipping the tip at an angle. If the orientation of the
> reed inside the mouth didn't matter, then it shouldn't matter
> whether the short blade faces up or down when playing. But it
> does. I feel less resonance when I play with the short blade
> facing upward. And the more extreme the angle of the clip, the
> more I notice this. Again, observation predated explanation
> here, so I know I'm not feeling something just because I expect
> to feel it. There must be some other explanation.

I think it's that the upper blade of the reed is typically less damped by the upper lip than the lower blade of the reed is damped by the lower lip. This would especially be true with the American habit of holding the oboe lower. So the upper blade is always doing more than half of the vibrating. When the upper blade is longer, the blade that's doing the vibrating has a longer tip.

mike

Mike

Still an Amateur, but not really middle-aged anymore

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