Author: sylvangale
Date: 2006-03-14 03:58
Stopping the sound can be a total nightmare when starting out, but if you don't stop using your tongue you'll never learn to stop correctly.
It will come with time.
Stopping the note with breath was one thing that was just horrid for me and I never would have even considered the tongue as I came to the oboe from the flute (every instrument stresses NO TONGUE ending). It just all of a sudden developed eventually and I never noticed it. It will come naturally, but not if you continue to use your tongue.
Just think... how in the world can you play fast staccato passages if you have to use your tongue to stop notes.
If flutists can blow a stream of air across a jug and make a sudden stop with out a the aid of resistance or tongue then any one else should be able to as well especially with the aid of a reed's resistance.
The reason for the ending "moo" is that the ending breath is unsupported and dies off flat. Just go ahead and let your oboe moo and in time it should be easier to control and make dissapear. So long as you make the effort.
So Quit sticking your tongue out, it's rude.
Regards,
Stephen
♫ Stephen K.
Post Edited (2006-03-14 03:59)
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