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Author: Simonsky
Date: 2015-06-22 17:20
Dear All,
I'm new to this site and have retaken up the oboe after not playing for about twenty years but its good to be back in the Oboe 'OCD' world! To get myself going again I bought a cheap Buffet 4121 just to test weather I really wanted to get back into it before buying something better. I've got my embouchure going again and stamina but for the life of me anything above two ledger line D won't come out if slurred to or tongued-only way I can get the notes is by approaching chromatically and slured.
Could be I need to check venting of keys as I've tried all the other embouchure 'tricks':
Changing vowel sound (eee)
Avoiding biting and increasing air flow
Proper support
Used soft and medium reeds (Europoean 'U' scrape)
Pushing lower lip further along reed
Anyone there with experience of this instrument? Could be that I've not allowed myself enough time to get back into it!
ekbainousi@gmail.com
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-06-23 03:14
Have you adjusted the venting on the LH1 fingerplate (left index finger)? It should barely move, but open by a very minimal amount.
Similarly with the RH2 fingerplate (right middle finger) - the screw on the low C key touchpiece arm adjusts the venting of the RH mid fingerplate when the low C key is held closed but shouldn't fully close the RH mid fingerplate, so adjust both these screws to get the required ventings until the altissimo register notes speak clearly.
Anything above high E requires the 1st 8ve key (thumb or back 8ve key) to be held open for them to speak, so check the lower 8ve vent bush isn't blocked.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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