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FUNNY: Does double lip embouchure give me a decent Oboe embouchure?

Author: zhangray4
Date: 2017-07-21 03:23

I have posted recently about my teacher, who was originally an oboe player, telling me to rinse my reeds/mouthpiece after I play. But I have more interesting/humorous question to ask you all.

I somehow started off learning the clarinet with a double lip embouchure, although my teacher never told me to curl the upper lip, just the bottom lip. I played on double lip quite well. It wasn't until less than 2 years ago when I realized I was doing something that no one (or very few people) still does, since I observed that other people's mouthpiece cushions had teeth marks on them but mine were as smooth as a baby's behind LOL [wink]

As of now, I can play with both double and single lip comfortably, although I still play double lip as default since it is more natural and I think it makes my sound warmer a bit.

Now the Funny part: I have two oboe friends at my school who are going to be in the top band together for the first time. Last year a mere schedule conflict knocked one of them to a lower band, and saved a Huge Clash. Because they hate this intense hatred towards each other for some reason. Both vow to beat the other by getting first chair, but to be honest none of them actually practice and my teacher has taught both of them before and said it was a waste of time teaching them because they weren't that good to begin with and didn't practice. Given that my teacher was an oboe player and said my double lip was basically his oboe embouchure but on the clarinet, do you guys think learning the oboe would be not as difficult as most say, for me? If so, I plan to practice in my free time while still practicing clarinet and surprise them in chair auditions