Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2008-05-09 03:22
I always feel that a lot of German style players (not to stereotype) plays on over heavy and open reeds, and to counter that, a lot of lip is tucked into the mouth, which isn't wrong but sometimes hinder flexibility. The chin going down is probably just his bad habit, notice that the oboe is not hold straight as well, but then again, he sure sounds great to me! =D
Now vibrato is a subjective thing, but basically, how wide the pitch is bent, or the pitch is not bent at all, or the speed of the pulsation, all distinguishes the styles of vibrato. I find it useful to be able to do many types of vibrato, slow, fast, wide, warm, conservative, holliger like, etc, but, there is a danger of developing only one type of vibrato, which in Fumiaki's case might be true. Listen to the great oboe sound gallery site once again, and you notice that vibrato also defines certain players instantly, e.g. Douglas Boyd.
Howard
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