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Author: ceri
Date: 2009-02-20 12:36
Like the two previous posters, as an adult learner, I have also had (have?) problems with a thin tone. My teacher identified the problem as coming not from tongue position but from simultanously blowing air into the oboe and holding back the air by constricting my throat.
Various things which have helped:
playing a note without tonguing by breathing into the oboe and gradually increasing the pressure/volume of air until the note comes out and then gains the desired tone, then decreasing the pressure until the note vanishes and then bringing it back. This allows the pupil to find out what the "right amount" of air feels like but avoids inadvertant squawks and raucousness which I think a lot of adults tend to instinctively try to avoid.
singing a low "o" and whistling simultaneously and reproducing this sensation when playing the oboe.
breathing in and out noiselessly with my fingers in my ears and then keeping the same open throat feeling when playing the oboe.
playing loudly at the same time as my teacher.
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claire70 |
2009-02-19 19:41 |
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vboboe |
2009-02-20 00:21 |
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vboboe |
2009-02-20 01:24 |
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ceri |
2009-02-20 12:36 |
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rickw48 |
2009-02-20 13:03 |
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D |
2009-02-24 17:48 |
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