Author: Craig Matovich
Date: 2007-07-27 20:20
By drive I mean playing quater notes, gradually increase and then decrease your volume as you articulate a series of repeated notes..
Start softly, then get pretty loud by the 5th note then soft again by the 8th quarter played.
Really, all manner of variations in volume from slight to rather pronounced over a series of 8 or 9 repeated notes is useful to do. Also do them with a variety of articulations, using one articulation choice per drive. Legatto, marcatto, stacatto, whatever.
mm refers to metronome marking. The basic point is to start doing these rather slowly, then increase tempo over time.
Once the dynamic ups and downs, breath support, pitch and tone control get solid these aspects of our oboe playing just sit on top of the musical lines we play. (Or perhaps they sit beneath them as a good foundation.)
Phrasing concepts, musicality, a range of effective expression become possible once the essentials developed and revealed via the drives are in place.
This is old-school stuff, but I think the mechanical foundation for good playing. Where to peak a dynamic, how to use vibrato effectively, how to taper and release the notes are probably closer to the 'music', this stuff just gets us on the playing field and in the game.
Post Edited (2007-07-27 20:23)
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