Author: Dutchy
Date: 2005-10-12 13:59
Well, on the reeds, I went back to the Fox reeds from the Giardinelli catalog, mediums, which seem a lot softer than the "medium" reeds I was getting from other places. They need to be pinched just a tad upon starting, but then do very nicely IMO.
Plus since I ordered 5 of them, they were IIRC $5.99 each.
They may be missing some subtle nuances that I as a beginner wouldn't notice, but they sound plenty "oboe-y" for me, plus I can focus on my technique, not on simply getting the sound out.
The C Major scale is my biggest challenge this week, and yep, it's the Evil B Natural.
As far as rotating my wrist, I'm actually finding that locating the G# key in order to play an Ab is the oddest challenge. It's just in *slightly* the wrong place. Actually, all the keys are *slightly* in the wrong place. I guess I assumed that oboes were more standardized than they evidently are.
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