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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2010-02-21 15:03
Howard hello,
Firstly, this advice is freely given, and is probably worth what you are paying for it :-). If you are currently studying with a teacher you should take his/her advice on this matter, however here are my thoughts, for what they are worth:
You will ALWAYS sound better on an instrument you are comfortable with. Unless it has some serious wolf notes, just the fact that you are playing confidently and with ease will make you sound better. If you are playing on an instrument that you are fighting, one that you don't trust to produce the notes you finger, you will sound worse. And this is irrespective of the relative qualities of the actual sound each instrument makes.
A confident buzz-saw sounds better than a shaky and hesitant instrument, however beautiful the sound it occasionally produces (on some notes). Honestly. This is true for the oboe as well, not just the Cor.
It may well be that with your Cor, a change in cane/scrape/shape/bocal will turn it into a dream-instrument; but do you have the time and money for the necessary experimentation, at this time?
Perhaps the best thing to do at this point is to spend time improving your performance on the Howarth, and put off the experimentation with the better instrument until after your audition? It will let you concentrate on making music, and not on making your instrument sound perfect.
2 cents,
J.
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HautboisJJ |
2010-02-21 12:18 |
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hautbois |
2010-02-21 14:09 |
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Re: Cor middle register unresponsive new |
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jhoyla |
2010-02-21 15:03 |
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mschmidt |
2010-02-21 16:24 |
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