Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2012-04-06 01:55
As a doubler, one of my greatest growing periods happened when I acquired matching equipment. I'm not experienced enough to comment on how this relates to oboe, but for the rest of the instruments, I spent a good deal of time and money on equipment. If you only play one instrument, you can get away with less than perfect equipment. But in the doubling world, problems exacerbate themselves the more switches you perform. Clarinet is completely different to all other woodwind instruments. In it's truest form, a tight embrouchure is necessary to play in tune. All other woodwinds require a soft embrouchure. I've mentioned this before, and again I suggest shorter tuning barrels to all doublers. This will allow your clarinet embrouchure to relax, easing problems occured when switching to the other instruments. Find a barrel with good focus (I suggest the Clark Fobes with its reverse taper), and your weaker embrouchure will go unnoticed. This is not settling by any stretch of the imagination. You want to make your job as easy as possible. It hard enough remembering which pinky goes where.
Drew S.
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