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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-08-07 23:21
When I decided to take up oboe again after around a ten year hiatus, I concentrated on establishing a good tone first and technique came second.
So the best thing is to have a firm idea of what good oboe tone and playing is which you can only do by listening to top pros and soloists and then try as best as you can to recreate that amalgam of very different but equally good sounds and playing styles you now have in your head.
You will get there, plus age and maturity will be in your favour as you'll now have a well developed sense of what a good sound is.
While I'd give anything to be able to make as similar a sound as Heinz Holliger, I know not many around me will tend to appreciate it - so I've opted to go for the thicker, darker sound to blend in with other local players. But then I might just go for it and make the sound that I like when it suits me!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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2011-08-07 22:06 |
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