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Re: just let go . . .

Author: cjwright  Date:   2009-10-27 19:52 Isn't clipping one blade shorter than the other just to compensate for our physical make-up and the angle the reed enters out mouth? When the reed enters our mouth, there is going to be more lower blade into our mouth because of the natural angle of the oboe. This means if we want to expose only the tip of the reed into our mouth, we have to take more lower lip in to cover the lower blade than upper lip in. Not everyone has a long lower lip, and so clipping the lower blade is perhaps more comfortable because we don't have to take in as much lower lip, thus freeing up our embouchure a bit more? Granted, it might be just a hair, but the smaller the angle is from our body, the more of a difference this would make. This might also explain why us American players do it more. European players hold their oboes more straight out, with a bigger angle away from the body (60-70 degrees?) which would make the difference of the amount of the top blade vs. the bottom blade exposed into the mouth less. Meanwhile us Americans hold the oboe closer to our body (30-45 degrees) which would make the difference more. Again, just a theory. I am disclaiming myself from any faulty reasoning... Cooper Blog, An Oboe In Paradise Solo Oboe, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra Post Edited (2009-10-27 19:55)

Topics	Author	Date
just let go . . .  new	oboeobo	2009-10-22 23:33
Re: just let go . . .  new	cjwright	2009-10-23 00:19
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-26 18:46
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-26 21:56
Re: just let go . . .  new	mschmidt	2009-10-27 01:33
Re: just let go . . .  new	jhoyla	2009-10-27 09:56
Re: just let go . . .  new	JRJINSA	2009-10-27 14:41
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-27 15:47
Re: just let go . . .  new	mschmidt	2009-10-27 17:18
Re: just let go . . .  new	cjwright	2009-10-27 17:40
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-27 16:04
Re: just let go . . .  new	JRJINSA	2009-10-27 17:12
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-27 18:22
Re: just let go . . .  new	cjwright	2009-10-27 19:52
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-27 18:35
Re: just let go . . .  new	cjwright	2009-10-27 18:53
Re: just let go . . .  new	oboedrew	2009-10-27 19:36
Re: just let go . . .  new	ohsuzan	2009-10-27 20:59

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