Author: oboedrew
Date: 2009-09-05 20:47
cjwright wrote:
> In my oboe lesson yesterday, my oboe professor and I
> were discussing instruments, and he stated, "There are
> three things that create the sound: the player, the reed,
> and the oboe, the player being the most important and
> the oboe being the least."
Agreed 100%. The player is most important, the reed a close second, and the instrument a distant third. I've played on several types of oboes over the years, and sometimes when I pull up old CD's I'm shocked at how similar my sound is from one recital to the next. In hindsight, I never think, "Oooh, that one sounds like a Yamaha, and that one sounds like a Buffet." They always just sound like me, for better or for worse. There's a little bit of change over the years, but I think it has more to do with the evolution of my reedmaking style than with the instruments.
cjwright wrote:
> One last thing that most people don't think about: a
> reed that thinner but perfectly in balanced (and
> vibrates from the tip, through the heart, into the
> windows and onward), will sound much fuller, darker,
> and deeper than a reed that is thicker but is not in
> balance (i.e. the vibrations stop in the heart and don't
> make it to the windows or so).
Again, agreed 100%. The physics of tone production are too often misunderstood. All other factors being equal, a smaller reed produces a bigger sound. A bigger reed produces a smaller sound, and you have to work harder for that sound.
Cheers,
Drew
www.oboedrew.com
Post Edited (2009-09-05 20:55)
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