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

Author: zhangray4
Date: 2017-07-23 20:11

Hi all, thanks for your replies. Thank you for the helpful information on what it is like playing the oboe from a clarinetist perspective. Thank you for those who warned me of my arrogance to prevent me from getting into future troubles.

I have to admit after reading what I wrote, I can understand how some of you may think I'm being arrogant. I apologize for that; I did not intend to appear arrogant, although it might have appeared to convey that tone. I was writing the post whimsically, and yes I guess I could have paid more attention by saying that "the oboes at my school practice less than the ideal amount, and are therefore lacking in certain aspects of their playing, such as technique, intonation, etc., in my opinion (which can be inaccurate), in my teacher's opinion, and in my Band Director's opinion. Thus I will attempt to practice the oboe and see if I can come close to playing at their level in order to attempt to entertain myself and motivate them by practicing certain pieces with them." Maybe I should have written my joke in this second version if some you guys feel the language of the joke reflects my character.

But to be honest, I do not view the oboes as inferior to me. One of them is a senior that will probably get accepted into an IVY league school in fact. I appreciate every member in our band for coming this far. The year before I came into High School, our entire department had only 18 people; however, now we have over 150 members, some who even have a good shot of making the State Honor Band in my opinion. But still, I want to galvanize our band program to strive for quality, now that we have a lot of people in our department.

It is impossible for me to spark a Great Awakening in our entire department. There are just those who don't give a [blank] for band and take it to fulfill the Visual Performing Arts credit in our Graduation requirements. But some, like my oboe friends, do like band, and music in general. I feel they just need some encouragement. One of them, in particular is a young talent who could beat the other senior even though she is only a sophomore. But I feel the moral need to help/encourage players in our band, especially young talent, since I think band members should help each other out in making the band be the best it can be.

Perhaps my language in the original joke was arrogant. Perhaps I should have written the joke in the second version, if you still think it can be considered a joke. In order to maintain the quality of the joke, it may have been too blunt. But what some of you are saying about my character, I feel, is inaccurate. But you have the right to disagree. Just like we all have different interpretations of any given piece, you can have your own interpretation of my original post: as a simplified and condensed joke so I don't have to belabor upon every detail, or as an arrogant and derogatory comment that looks condescendingly upon my friends so that I can rid their friendship. I'll leave it to you to decide [happy]