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Author: MikeC855
Date: 2018-05-04 08:27
No nervousness here, I'm a long-time semi-pro on several instruments (tuba my main horn), oboe/cor/bassoon my latest haunt mostly because we have plenty of tuba players to go around and nobody else in the local area is crazy enough to mess with double reeds. Speaking of which, no problem on bassoon or cor - just oboe.
The issue I'm fighting seems to be reed condition versus environment changes. Warm-up room to stage is normally good until the reed is (apparently) close to being worn-out. A hint about it being an environment change issue was a recent pit gig where we had no choice but to warm up in the pit with the audience entering. No surprises in four rehearsals and four performances... all on the same two reeds. Cor was cranky in a couple of spots, but that's SOP. ;-)
I guess what I'm looking for is "crystal ball" tips - indicators that the reed is going to up and quit when the "weather" changes, either indoor or outdoor. F'rinstance, a bassoon reed is fairly predictable. Bottom notes (Eb on down - any note in the long joint) stop speaking clearly when a reed is about gone. Plenty of notice there.
This may well be a YMMV and a live-with. Maybe the solution is one I've tried before with mixed results, excercising newer reeds as we get close to a concert rather than making one or two "good ones" try to last the entire run-up. But I thought I'd throw my challenging situation out there to fish for other ideas.
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Confounding band directors since 1964.
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MikeC855 |
2018-05-04 00:18 |
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Jim22 |
2018-05-04 01:33 |
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oboist2 |
2018-05-04 05:14 |
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MikeC855 |
2018-05-04 08:27 |
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rgombine |
2018-05-07 10:48 |
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jhoyla |
2018-05-07 15:42 |
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oboist2 |
2018-05-08 01:28 |
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Hotboy |
2018-05-09 02:23 |
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