Author: Craig Matovich
Date: 2007-03-19 00:03
I think others gave you some great essential advice... trim down or transpose a few lines to make horn juggling possible, carefully arrange your horns...etc.
Cover the solos as a priority. Oboe and ehorn book 3 parts leave clarinet and flute solos to others usually so an occassional missed harmony part won't kill a tune.
I'd add, I use a tray stand and keep reeds, swabs, water, paper, even a couple ehorn bocals there.
Unless I cecome concerne about water buildup in oboe or ehorn, I leave the reeds on the horns, and remoisten them with my fingers dipped in water now and then.
I think leaving them soaking is problematical... they get too soaked.
I leave a spare oboe and ehorn reed wet but not soaking on the stand tray
and as another pointed out, sometimes write in a note to re-wet a particular reed.
(And for a good dose of heresy... consider getting a wind controller and small amp. I've been doing that to cover odd wind parts and it actually works very well. The things actually play and respond like reed or flute instruments, use wind velocity curves and respond to breath and tongue, so they don't sound like keyboard synth at all.)
|
|
The Oboe BBoard
.jpg){kind=small}
