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Re: Embouchure

Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2011-05-24 15:29

Everyone has good points, and if i am allowed to make a few observations....

If you clamp down a reed with your fingers at the back of the reed, it takes more effort to close down the reed, on the other hand, doing the same at the tip of the reed will take less than little effort to close it down. Thus...whatever the scrape may be, taking in more reed means less control of the opening and taking less more control. If we take this rule as thumb, reeds that are too open spells trouble more people who take more reed in and vice versa. So what works will then have quite a big scope, i.e. the sound and intonation is determined by the differences in ratio of these factors. Some people play with less strength or more reed or whatever but these has to be "compensated" (equalized?) by the right built (which everyone has a different idea about...don't even go the oboe) to produce the right pitch, and thus produces a different sound which makes the oboe so wonderful!

Most importantly to me personally though, is that the player is consistent. So if the player does not make the reed to suit himself one has to adjust to the reed, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as one finds a system to gain the same intonation and sound every day (e.g. crowing pitches, exercises etc.). I personally play with as little reed as possible and find myself taking in more as i get tired. Short scrape player here.

I do believe still that embouchures that look natural/simple often sound the best...

Howard

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