Author: hautbois
Date: 2007-09-23 14:58
Re: Posture
From "Oboe Technique" by Evelyn Rothwell (copyright 1956): "Your chest should be raised, shoulders naturally straight (not lifted), and your head up -- chin well in and neck straight. Your elbows should be held away from your body, the wrists fairly flat, so that your arms cannot cramp your chest expansion and in order that your fingers may lie in a good position on the oboe. The angle at which the instrument is held away from the body must vary according to the individual and the mmethod of playong used, but the average is at an angle of approximately 45 degrees..."
And later, re: angle of oboe and embouchure: "As a general rule, there should not be an uneven pressure from the lips on the two blades of the reed, for this would affect its vibration and thus cause resistance to the air column flowing through the instrument....In many embouchures the formation of the teeth and/or the comparative shortness of the upper lip makes it necessary for the upper jaw, and therefore lip, to jut out slightly over the lower....(Y)ou must determine for yourself the angle at which your embouchure is comfortable and right."
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