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Re: Reeds

Author: WoodwindOz  Date:   2011-03-12 14:30 Also having played a bit of clarinet before starting oboe, the best way I found to overcome the feeling of needing to rest my teeth (translate: bite!) on the reed was to imagine the feel of a yawn with my mouth closed (I say to students, pretend you are in your most boring subject and you don't want the teacher to see you yawn. ). It is nearly impossible to assume this position and bite at the same time. The spin off benefit, of course, is that it then opens the throat and improves resonance inside the oral cavity, thus improving the sound quality as well. I know very little about good reed warmups, but perhaps try an exercise on the reed alone where you aim to alter the tension of your lips (and thus your jaw - this is where the biting pressure originates from) on the reed in cycles, like a siren effect, which will also affect the pitch. It seems to be a common problem here with young students biting, perhaps it is a short scrape thing, i.e. they have to work harder initially to get the sound working. I'd be interested to hear tips from others as well! Rachel

Topics	Author	Date
Reeds  new	Loliver	2011-03-12 11:47
Re: Reeds  new	ohsuzan	2011-03-12 13:05
Re: Reeds  new	Loliver	2011-03-12 13:50
Re: Reeds  new	WoodwindOz	2011-03-12 14:30
Re: Reeds  new	oboereed1109	2011-03-19 16:14
Re: Reeds  new	HautboisJJ	2011-03-19 18:11
Re: Reeds  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-19 19:43
Re: Reeds  new	oboeobo	2011-03-19 16:38
Re: Reeds  new	oboereed1109	2011-03-20 13:35
Re: Reeds  new	Loliver	2011-03-20 14:03
Re: Reeds  new	Loliver	2011-03-21 15:39
Re: Reeds  new	oboereed1109	2011-03-21 15:58
Re: Reeds  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-21 19:20
Re: Reeds  new	oboereed1109	2011-03-21 19:27
Re: Reeds  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-21 19:55
Re: Reeds  new	Loliver	2011-03-21 19:28
Re: Reeds  new	oboedrew	2011-03-21 19:39
Re: Reeds  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-21 20:03
Re: Reeds  new	oboereed1109	2011-03-21 20:18
Re: Reeds  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-21 20:27
Re: Reeds  new	Loliver	2011-03-21 19:46
Re: Reeds  new	RobinDesHautbois	2011-03-21 20:18
Re: Reeds  new	ohsuzan	2011-03-22 02:45
Re: Reeds  new	colloquial42	2011-03-23 21:49
Re: Reeds  new	ohsuzan	2011-03-23 22:56
Re: Reeds  new	Wes	2011-03-24 02:55

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