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Re: Doubling on Clarinet

Author: Demonxz
Date: 2006-05-22 18:34

i am also a former clarinettist switched to oboe 2 yrs ago, and now i am doing oboe major in a music school

i had a chance to do doubling on clarinet/bass clarinet last year in a youth orchestra and the experience is awful ! i was too used to a balanced embouchure for oboe and the emphasis of lower lips of clarinet playing makes me so painful after 2 hours playing

and the pain remained for a day !

but i do have a friend who does very good doubling on both, and he has professional teachers on both instruments. but my teacher ( who is also his oboe teacher ) told me his oboe playing is hindered by his clarinet playing, to some extent his mouth leaks air while he plays oboe ( coz sometimes for playing softer and rounder in clarinet u got to leak a bit air voluntary). and his sound on oboe is quite aggressive. maybe due to bigger air flow on clarinet.

i do recommend doing oboe ONLY, feel soo much better

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