Author: mschmidt
Date: 2006-06-30 16:18
I can only speculate, but that's what I'm good at, so...
perhaps the effect of playing English horn is that one's ears get used to a darker, more covered sound, and, when switching back to oboe, the sound in your head is a little different. I know that I have on occasion had my idea of what "sounds right" changed by playing for extended periods on different styles of reeds.
It is tempting to talk mostly in physical terms when talking about technique and sound, but I am increasingly becoming aware of how *mental* much of what we do is.
Mike
Still an Amateur, but not really middle-aged anymore
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