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Re: Curious

Author: OboePrince
Date: 2015-09-15 17:42

I have no issues with some brightness in my sound. I play in orchestra in my university, so too dark and it falls through. I would like to be ABLE to accheive a darker color than I can now. I have to use a THICK reed to make that happen, and that hurts my face.

The Rigoutat J I have heard is a darker rigoutat, and is almost a middleground of the two brands.

Mine isn't particularly overly flexible. In fact, it's unfriendly to the portando.

It's hard for me to say what kind of tone I want because I want all kinds of tone. I want to be able to invoke edge and brightness. I also want to be able to have a fat, dark tone: Both of those things have their place. And until I am in a financial place (right?) that I can have 3 oboes, I want something that I can color to my liking, at least more than I can now.

Also, mine is the best I have ever played on about low notes: They ALWAYS come out, and I have *some* control over them but they are still really loud, and playing second on Peer Gynt gets me dirty looks (IT A LOW B, I DUNNO WHAT TO DO!!!). If an oboe exists with a bottom that's easier to dampen, I'm all ears.

I'm not an amatuer, but I am not a pro. I'm a college student. I just started making my reeds a few months ago. I just started English Horn a few months ago. (Whoever said that beast is easier than oboe is on some crack.)

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