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Re: Dimensions of Sound

Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-05-28 10:10

Along with Peter Hurd (www.oboes.us), I like almost all the sounds that can come from the instrument. That being said, I still have a predilection for John Aberger's Classical and Baroque oboes. I like the "goosey" and rich/mellow sounds that come from them and I've come to approximate them with wider shapes and European binding & scraping techniques.

Criteria for "good" vs "bad" are first and foremost tuning (!!!), then stability of the notes. Notes can sound differently, but there's a "center" to them and poor instruments and/or poor reeds will get many notes to either "wobble" or simply sound "soggy".... sorry for the difficult adjectives, when you hear it, you understand!

But depending on the repertoire and the other instruments in the group, bright, dark, buzzy, mellow or even harsh - all sounds can be perfectly appropriate and each has its place. It's about how everything blends.

Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music

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