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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2015-05-06 17:29
So a couple of things that I'm hearing...
1. It sounds like you need to find a new oboe teacher...I've been a doubler for years, but primarily an oboist. I'm finishing a doctorate in oboe performance with cognates in multiple woodwinds performance and theory pedagogy. Flute has never hurt my embouchure, and it's actually one of my strongest doubles. The last ensemble I played in at school I was sitting next to the other Doctoral student and a master's student, but flute majors.
2. Doubling is like a switch. You turn your flute embouchure on, and turn the oboe one off, and vice versa. Opening up and relaxing for flute is not going to undo your oboe playing. It should enhance it because you shouldn't be THAT tight to play oboe; firm, but not tight. The embouchures are in different places as well, flute being down and back, and oboe being more forward and "inward" (for lack of a better word at 9:00am). Learning how to quickly set up each instrument's embouchure is a skill, and one that I have my students practice when they want to learn a new instrument.
I hope this helps.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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