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 Re: Does doubling hurt oboe embouchure?
Author: WoodwindOz 
Date:   2011-05-21 13:49

Chris, I admit to becoming very tired of having string and brass players step over me (and on me) as I was packing away my battery of equipment after each performance!

Rather than 'damaging' embouchure, I find it enhances it playing different instruments. About a year after I started playing oboe, I was playing flute/picc in a community band, and the lady next to me (also a teacher with the same department as me) complimented me on my tone, and that she thought it had even improved recently. Since I have started playing oboe more this year (3 ensembles), I have gone up reed strength on clarinet (and tone has improved), despite me only ever playing with students and not actually practising.

Perhaps it is worth considering that doubling enables the player to strengthen muscles in ways that may not even be reached on the one instrument, thus improving control, endurance, etc? And no doubt this stretches beyond embouchure: breath control, articulation, phrasing, musicality, for a start?

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Chris P 2011-05-19 14:07 
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WoodwindOz 2011-05-19 14:25 
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Chris P 2011-05-19 17:29 
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