Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2012-10-22 22:38
Adorable!
Craig, you are possibly the best flute doubler (i.e. mainly reeds) I have heard - and I am a pro flautist!
I am a flute player first and an everything else second (I call oboe my 'primary double'). I am very glad it is that way around! Like Drew says, there is nothing else to change or blame on those days where you just sound not as good as yesterday (you can't just take your dry, cracked lips off and replace them!), but on flute I have more good lip days than oboe good reed days!
I would take double the amount of ink on the page over stressing over ppp low register or solos where you are expected not to breathe, if we are talking professional settings. Having said that, as an amateur, I prefer playing oboe in orchestra over flute - unless it is a particularly flute-y work, there are a ton of rests, and if you play 2nd, no one even knows you're there! Orchestral oboe parts are much nicer and less sporadic, in my humble opinion.
Happy fluting!
Rachel
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