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Author: oboey
Date: 2014-01-10 05:23
I am a senior in high school and I've gradually been weaning off my teacher's reeds. I buy my cane pre-gouged and I've made some really wonderful reeds (and some really crappy ones!!) but my teacher still helps me out here and there.
There's this one reed I made with an absolutely GORGEOUS tone. It's rich and dark and wonderful. It's a relatively young reed and the opening is still in the process of being tamed. When I get the opening to close to an amount that is pleasant to play on, the lower register and the middle register respond really well.
Anything above a high C# does not.
Does my reed just need time to break in or is there something else I should do adjust it? I'm really tentative about adjusting it because I do not want to compromise it's lovely sound.
I'm going to ask my teacher anyway, but I'd still like thoughts. Thank you.
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Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2014-01-13 00:00
If you don't have it, try David Weber's Reed Making Guide.
Of several great resources that did not exist when I was your age, this is my favorite, overall.
One thing I also wished I'd been taught much sooner is tone is the last of several key tests for a good reed.
Not unimportant, but 5th down on a list of five. In other words, it does not matter if the reed fails on the other factors:
Pitch/intonation, responsiveness (to tongue styles, slurs across registers), dynamic range, expressive range for phrasing.
Obviously, some of these are closely related or overlap.
Do check with your teacher and he or she should be able to quickly rule out some oboe top joint adjustment issue which can impact the way a reed plays in the 3rd octave.
Gook luck.
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