Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-06-05 17:21
Well, they are two different instruments. You do what you have to do to play each one, without reference to the other.
Obvious stuff: the EH reed is bigger, the instrument is bigger; therefore, you are going to have a more open embouchure, and your fingers are going to have to spread a little more. You also have to give the EH more air than you do the oboe. And it's considerably heavier, so you might want a strap or a fhred. (I wish there were a floor peg for the EH, like there is for the bass clarinet.)
When you go back to oboe from EH, you will have to reorient yourself for a second or two, but it snaps back in pretty quickly, in my experience.
The good news is that the fingerings are virtually the same. If you can play the oboe, you can do a half-way decent job on the EH right out of the box. (I would suspect, however, that the reverse is not true. I don't think someone who had only ever played EH could jump right in on the oboe. The oboe is the more demanding instrument.)
Susan
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