Author: d-oboe
Date: 2006-06-12 01:41
"According to my teacher, every tone has it's own optimum placement."
I agree with this. However, what happens very often is that players will compensate BEFORE the note actually sounds, and usually over-compensate.
Example: that nasty center "c" - most players will "damp" that note knowing that it has inherent brightness. In reality, though, if there is sufficient air support, and the reed is accepting it, the C won't sound like this.
Which brings another point - there is a rampant misinterpretation among oboists of the "be able to play on any reed" proverb. While I think at any point in time, we should be able to make do with the reeds we have, we shouldn't continue to practice on crap reeds. If the reed doesn't work, fix it! That way, we learn to improve our reeds, and not develop a bad habit of compensating.
d
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