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Re: Dynamics?

Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2011-02-21 04:07

My most recent teacher has always had to persuade me that sometimes one does not have work that hard. Indeed sometimes, not working at all, works, especially in musical situations that require it. Take for instance the pp motifs in the hindemith sonata in the 2nd movement where most of us mortals seem to think that we have to work harder to get the leap to the lower octave. The opposite seems to win all the time. Of course....as always, and will forever be, a better reed helps....and that is simply a reality that we oboists have to accept... =/

On the other hand, starting a note without the tongue is to me extremely unreliable, as Prof. Terry, the bassoonist who did the articulation studies on youtube had demonstrated clearly. This is due to the fact that there are too many inconsistencies involved in such a method. But then again, i am not an advocate probably because i have not practiced such a way more than enough. I have a classmate who does it very very well and have no problems with pitch too.

Whatever works!

Howard

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