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Re: Learning English horn?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-07-28 18:46

You should take to the cor like a duck to water but not sound like one if you already have 15+ years of oboe playing on the clock. Cors have much lower breath resistance compared to oboes so you'll find the instrument generally much easier and reeds will last for ages.

Don't use a reed that's too hard otherwise you may have resistance problems and the lower register left hand notes can be especially stuffy, so use reeds that are as free blowing as possible but will still give you a full strong sound high up in the 2nd register which is a weak register on cors.

The embouchure can be loosened off or you can experiment with different embouchures to shape the tone to what you want.

I will recommend you get the book 'The Art of Cor Anglais' by Geoffrey Browne (published by Emerson) as that has a lot of the large orchestral cor solos with essays about each and how to approach them, typical problems, special fingerings and also sections on reeds and other playing tips which are invaluable to anyone playing cor.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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