Author: d-oboe
Date: 2006-02-16 02:17
"Yeah, the lower octaves do tend to jump to the upper octave, and are harder to play. You have to learn how to finesse the reed so as to get each note out, because each and every note on an oboe is completely different, requires a completely different approach. No "push-button flutes" here."
I would just like to comment on this one. I agree that every note on an instrument (not just oboe, any of them) has it's different tendencies...BUT we have to play them in such a way that those tendencies aren't obvious. The trick to that is having a really solid musical phrase. A nice continuous breath. That way, problem notes just fall into the woodwork, instead of sticking out because we gave them extra attention.
For example...."Oh that stupid top line F is sssooooo flat....here it comes....here it comes....!" What usually ends up happening is that the F comes out bad because we stress about it. It's better to just blow a nice full sound, and usually only make a teeny-tiny adjustment, if any.
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