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Author: Debbie
Date: 2001-10-02 18:07
I've asked for help on this topic before and it's been helpful, but any tips on how you make the contractions of the diaphragm sound natural and beautiful. I think I've got the idea of how to vary the sound, but it still doesn't sound the way you imagine a beautiful oboe to sound. How do you make it sound natural? Do you have to think about it every time you do it, or does it ever become natural?
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Author: Aaron
Date: 2001-10-03 02:14
Hey Debbie. Yes it becomes natural with time. Whenever I try to play without vibrato, that's when I have to do the thinking; to stop myself from vibrating the tone!
One thing to remember is that the vibrato shouldn't sound forced, and it's better to do too little than too much. I also found when I was learning to play that the more natural my vibrato became, the more it seemed like it was coming from my throat than from the diaphragm. Work on holding long tones and try to imagine little whisps of air escaping from your mouth and down the horn in the airstream. You can even do this without the oboe in your mouth.
Another thing to remember is that to make vibrato sound natural (that is, not obtrusive) you have to vary it according to what the phrasing demands of the music are. Listen closely to recordings of oboists you like, and try to understand what they're doing to get the maximum use out of the their vibrato. With practice, I promise it will become more and more automatic, and that's when you really start to feel like you're "singing" with the instrument. Good luck!
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Author: saxyoboy
Date: 2001-10-10 03:42
Basically, listen to a lot of recordings of oboists, to get the feel of how fast and how accented your vibrato should be, and once you have it, don't get obsessed with it. Playing vibrato too much can make things sound funny. By all means continue practicing, and imagine yourself singing with vibrato, try to recreate that.
good luck
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