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Author: woodwindfreak
Date: 2008-11-08 07:07
I'm a beginning student on the oboe -
my question is, will playing bass clarinet while I'm still at this early
stage on oboe wreck or weaken my oboe embouchure.
There are certainly professionals, like Paul McCandless,
who can go from oboe to bass clarinet and back again.
however, I wonder if these people have such a well established
embouchures on both instruments that it doesn't matter.
I also notice that (in the case of Paul), they double on
any brass instruments or bassoon.
in any case, has anyone found bass clarinet embouchure
(or clarinet embouchure?) hurt or weakened their oboe
embouchure?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-11-08 11:10
The more you worry about it, the more of a problem you'll make for yourself.
All doubling is good for you, and getting them all in early is probably better than coming to them later on. Yes the embouchures are different, though X-embouchure won't harm Y-embouchure or Z-embouchure, so go for it.
In the overture in 'West Side Story' (in the reed 3 book) there's a few bars solo on cor anglais followed immediately by bass clarinet.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Jaysne
Date: 2008-11-10 19:59
If you practice both instruments enough, you will not have a problem.
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Author: D
Date: 2008-11-10 21:47
I've never had a problem. Just try it a few times going from one to the other quickly at home and you won't have a problem in public. There are a couple of instruments which are difficult to change between quickly (bari sax to piccolo flute is a nasty one) but as long as you hvae at least a couple of bars rest there is generally no problem. As the others have said, no secret except a bit of practice before hand. Learning both at once isn't a problem and sometimes can be an advantage because you start to listen to your own tuning more, rather than accepting, 'that is an A' because that is the way it sounds on that instrument. It won't sound the same on a different instrument, one or both is therefore out of tune.
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