Author: Oboelips
Date: 2013-10-09 18:10
The above are all great ideas, and one of them very well may fix your problem. But, it may be your airstream. If you CAN slur some low notes, do this exercise:
Play the low note. Hold that embochure.
Pay attention to your airstream's location, support and speed.
While still blowing, VERY lightly touch the reed with the tip of your tongue--for just a moment. Don't change anything else.
This will stop the sound for a moment, but keep blowing, everything the same.
Then, take your tongue off the reed.
If your support, air speed, airstream location and embochure have remained the same, the sound should be there too.
Repeat.
You may try it with quarter notes, maybe 16ths. But be sure and do it with some whole notes too, long tones do so much for the oboe.
Wally Bhosys, (formerly of the Met Opera Orchestra) told me that the thing that helps low notes is whistling (low tones, not high) and playing low tones on the flute (which you may or may not have access to).
Oboefully,
Deb
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