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 Re: Learning English horn?
Author: Oboe Craig 
Date:   2014-07-30 05:28

I had the great good luck to study oboe and english horn with the english horn player, Dick White, with the Natl Symphony doing my graduate studies.

He emphasized the essential difference between oboe and ehorn and made ehorn the leader in the progression.

Reeds are a little less finished and you can learn a lot from the David Weber reed makers manual about that.

Dick taught me that each horn has a characteristic couple of notes that help you hone in on the right reed thing.

In my case, the 2nd octave f# and g are the key notes. When they are right on, all else is good to go.

Reeds might be shorter than you'd expect but 52 - 54 mm is my usual range these days.

Once the f# and g are right on with a relaxed embouchure, all other things seem to work well.

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