Author: d-oboe
Date: 2005-11-29 02:55
Whoa whoa...
Nobody can play on a broken reed...not even a professional! Professionals know how to play on reeds that don't vibrate their best...but they aren't broken.
And for whoever mentioned the vowel changing concept for registers...it is nice, but then it changes the color of the sound between the registers.
(Oboegal - the vowels change the shape of the oral cavity, thereby changing the sound. )
To keep the registers sounding the same, use the rolling concept. It controls the pitch of a given note, with changing the internal oral cavity. The generally accepted vowel to play the oboe is "O." When you get up into high notes, keep that "O" shape inside your mouth, but draw your lips in (or out) to fine tune the pitch. Really!
In fact, there isn't actually *that* much changing that needs to happen between low and high notes. As long as air support is correct, there should only be minute changes to adjust to the ensemble.
And for those blasted high notes! Here's some theory...
High notes vibrate in only a portion of the oboe (as compared to low Bb which uses the entire length) so you don't need to put as great of a volume of air in the instrument. This results in overblowing, which makes intonation difficult. So, the key is the *velocity* of the air. It is possible to have a very small volume of air moving at a very high speed... this is what you need for high notes.
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