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Re: Blending in, in France?

Author: MudLily
Date: 2013-05-14 08:02

Update:

I used my store-bought French scrape reed in rehearsal last night, and the other oboeist was pleased. And the conductor noticed, too, and commented. The reed sounded too stuffy to me, but it did blend much better with the other oboe. As for the embouchure, I had to curl my lips over my teeth and sort of bite firmly on the reed instead of puckering lips softly around the reed, else the reed would be flat. And my neurally mediated syncope is going to be a bit of a problem unless I can successfully make the reed easier to blow.

As for the nature of this orchestra, it is associated with a University, but it is a community orchestra in that anyone attending or working at the university can join, not just students.

And don't be offended on my behalf, please, because it *is* important for the orchestra to sound like a whole instead of 50 or so individuals.

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