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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2006-05-06 22:35
>... thought i'd just arrived at nice relaxed embouchure on modified medium-hards after long period of sharp over-bite, but here i am going through same thing again, only on harder reeds (well, that's progress)
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Ah! That lament sounds way, way too familiar.
Every time I think "I've got it!!", something else comes along to throw that conclusion into serious question.
Today, I really do think "I've got it" -- and it is easier than I had been making it.
Today my technique success has to do with the "sucking on a drinking straw" theory. I have heard that, and heard that, and heard that, and sorta kinda thought I was doing it. But the problem is, unless you have a very responsive reed, it doesn't work so well.
Today, with responsive reeds and a newfound appreciation of letting the air do the work, I got into the "drinking straw" analogy, and for once, just did it. And it works fabulously. No more torturing my mouth into unnatural and rigid positions. Just put the sucker in there like a drinking straw, and blow easily toward the bridge of the nose. Voila! Oboe sounds! It looks damn good in the mirror, too. And sounds good on tape.
So I spent most of today going through my reed box(es) again, finding the ones that work best with this latest iteration of oboe embouchure. And I have come to really adore the reeds my teacher and her husband make (my first experience of which being what started this thread in the first place).
I seem to recall that somebody famous is quoted as having said, apropos of oboe playing, that you "just put the reed in your mouth and blow." Anybody know who that was?
Today, I'll second that motion.
Susan
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