Author: d-oboe
Date: 2007-12-02 20:27
That's a very interesting article, but unfortunately it is obviously american-biased - i.e it's not really an objective look at things.
"We're trying to get a reed that has voice quality, that can change quality. And when you get it, it's a happy moment. But that's all it is, a moment, because next week you're out looking for the same thing all over again."
This is what I mean by building a reed that can do all the nuances/phrasing that an oboist wants. Tone color is, in fact, part of nuance and phrasing, isn't it?
To my original point of "dark reeds" - many oboists sacrifice this vocal, changing quality in the reed for a "dark" sound. An oboist's best tone comes from a reed on which they are completely at ease, and there's no faking this.
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