Author: justme
Date: 2010-09-21 09:52
It seems that there are different opinions on what is dark and what is bright.
Relating to that, as far as oboe is concerned I would like to get some opinions on what you think is a bright sound or a dark sound on the video links that I'm posting and what sound it is on oboe that I seem to enjoy, as I like both of these sounds.
On this first video is Gabriel's Oboe played by Yeon-Hee Kwak.
Do you consider this to be a dark sound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU
On this next video is a song titled: For all we know by the Carpenters,
Listen to the oboe intro played by Earle Dumler.
Do you consider this a bright sound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-xF1A9PS0
And last but not least, I'm posting this video of Dvorak, New World Symphony - 2nd Mvt Part 1 played on the English Horn.
Is this bright or "in between?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ENf4VEhI40&NR=1
I seem to like both the sound of the oboist on Gabriel's Horn for it's purity and beauty, but I also love the 'wah' sound of other oboes, depending on the piece being played. But in most cases I like the 'wah' sound over the other ( Which is why I posted the English Horn for example).
So, in your opinions, what actual sounds do I seem to drawn to, is it bright and reedy as well as very dark, or something in between?
This should make for a good study of opinions regarding dark and light on the oboe.
"A critic is like a eunuch: he knows exactly how it ought to be done."
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An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarinet -- two clarinets
Post Edited (2010-09-21 09:54)
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