Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-09-21 14:45
I adore that "bright" oboe tone. Nasal, piercing, says "oboe" to me. Wish I could get MY oboe to sound like that, but it keeps sounding like a clarinet or flute, i.e. "dark", especially with reeds that are long and narrow with huge, long windows, as opposed to short and squatty with smaller windows.
I'm beginning to wonder if it's just a Fox/Loree thing--are Fox oboes generally assumed to be "dark" and Lorees are "bright"? It's the bore, right? I see where WWBW is billing Lorees as "with traditional or American bore". Is the "traditional" bore the "bright" bore, and the "American" bore the "dark" or more clarinet-ish sounding bore?
ETA: I also note that her microphone is right in front of her--how much of her "Bright" tone is due to the mike's being right there, and how much of it would be lost in the concert hall, so it wouldn't sound quite so "bright" if you were sitting out in front?
ETA: Is the "elbows out" thing a personal mannerism of hers, or was it the fashion in the 1950s?
Post Edited (2007-09-21 14:47)
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