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 Re: The American School of Oboe playing-the players and their instruments.
Author: JRC 
Date:   2012-03-04 13:58

Every person has different lip and teeth structure. Purely in the point of "best" position for oboe playing, every one should have different angle to hold the oboe (therefore the position of the reed with respect to lip and teeth structure). 45 degree for every one seem unscientific, un-natural, and simply another ignorant cult like concept.

How about dynamic range and staccato range? One or all of the American oboe cults discourages very short staccato, considering it less than musically tasteful, and also consider wide range of dynamic as less than musically tasteful. Such teaching, I believe, simply promote reducing the range of musical expression. It is not an accident that American oboe school did not produce notable oboe soloist.

I tend to believe that these peculiar tradition evolved from "dark" and "blending" sound. First of all, reeds to produce such tone doe not respond well to very short staccatos, neither accommodate wide dynamic range well. But their sound does blend well in orchestra setting, which does not demand wide range of expression as much as most solo works. I would say that American oboe shares some of the limitations in musical expression with the French Horn.

On the other hand, younger generation players in Europe and some in America are making similar sound that is a blend of old style reedy French sound and very dark German sound (even darker than American in a way). Today's French oboe masters and German masters use pretty much the same tone color. Extreme reedy sound is gone and Koch like German sound is gone. Most younger American players lucky enough to make the orchestra auditions, also use similar sound. I think that is a good compromise. Future of oboe in the world is brighter (I do not mean necessarily brighter sound but brighter future).

There are still large pockets of "old" American school players insisting cult like behaviors. We need not join the cult and believe in ridiculous ideas. We are just trying make music the best way we can. I do not appreciate pushy cult spreaders.
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