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| oboe reed making book: Oboe Reed Styles David A. Ledet, 2000-05-22 For nearly 300 years, oboe players have painstakingly evolved the individualized skill of reedmaking. David A. Ledet's unique study of techniques for styling oboe reeds analyzes, in detail, 166 examples of reeds by 80 artists from 14 countries. Each reed is strikingly photographed both in reflected light and in silhouette, clearly illustrating the relative thickness and shaping of the various sections of the reed. Oboists' reflections on their reedmaking techniques and brief biographical sketches introduce the photographs. As background to his survey, Ledet discusses various aspects of tone production, gives a brief history of the instrument, and offers valuable advice about pedagogical techniques. The book also documents musicians such as Robert Bloom, Henri de Busscher, Janet Craxton, Peter Graeme, Harold Gomberg, John Mack, Ronald Roseman, Ray Still, and the celebrated Marcel Tabuteau. Oboe Reed Styles is a historical and technical record, essential for teachers, performers, and students of all ages and abilities. |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Reed-Making from Blank to Crow John Dee, 2019-08-13 |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Art and Method Martin Schuring, 2009 In Oboe Art and Method, veteran oboe performer and instructor Martin Schuring describes in detail all of the basic techniques of oboe playing (including breathing, embouchure, finger technique, articulation, and phrasing) and reed making, with expert tips and step-by-step instructions for how best to perform each of these tasks with grace and technical efficiency. |
| oboe reed making book: The Oboe Geoffrey Vernon Burgess, Geoffrey Burgess (oboist.), Bruce Haynes, Instructor of Baroque Oboe Geoffrey Burgess, MR Geoffrey Burgess, Obo, 2004-01-01 The oboe, including its earlier forms the shawm and the hautboy, is an instrument with a long and rich history. In this book two distinguished oboist-musicologists trace that history from its beginnings to the present time, discussing how and why the oboe evolved, what music was written for it, and which players were prominent. Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes begin by describing the oboe’s prehistory and subsequent development out of the shawm in the mid-seventeenth century. They then examine later stages of the instrument, from the classical hautboy to the transition to a keyed oboe and eventually the Conservatoire-system oboe. The authors consider the instrument’s place in Romantic and Modernist music and analyze traditional and avant-garde developments after World War II. Noting the oboe’s appearance in paintings and other iconography, as well as in distinctive musical contexts, they examine what this reveals about the instrument’s social function in different eras. Throughout the book they discuss the great performers, from the pioneers of the seventeenth century to the traveling virtuosi of the eighteenth, the masters of the romantic period and the legends of the twentieth century such as Gillet, Goossens, Tabuteau, and Holliger. With its extensive illustrations, useful technical appendices, and discography, this is a comprehensive and authoritative volume that will be the essential companion for every woodwind student and performer. |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Secrets Jacqueline Leclair, 2013-10-03 In Oboe Secrets: 75 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Oboist and English Horn Player, Jacqueline Leclair tackles the oboe’s reputation as an especially difficult instrument and illustrates how oboists and English horn players can overcome common challenges. Leclair draws on her experience as a performer and instructor, offering practical tips and sometimes revolutionary ideas for rethinking oboe pedagogy. |
| oboe reed making book: Marcel Tabuteau Laila Storch, 2018-05-01 Laila Storch is a world-renowned oboist in her own right, but her book honors Marcel Tabuteau, one of the greatest figures in twentieth-century music. Tabuteau studied the oboe from an early age at the Paris Conservatoire and was brought to the United States in 1905, by Walter Damrosch, to play with the New York Symphony Orchestra. Although this posed a problem for the national musicians' union, he was ultimately allowed to stay, and the rest, as they say, is history. Eventually moving to Philadelphia, Tabuteau played in the Philadelphia Orchestra and taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, ultimately revamping the oboe world with his performance, pedagogical, and reed-making techniques. In 1941, Storch auditioned for Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute, but was rejected because of her gender. After much persistence and several cross-country bus trips, she was eventually accepted and began a life of study with Tabuteau. Blending archival research with personal anecdotes, and including access to rare recordings of Tabuteau and Waldemar Wolsing, Storch tells a remarkable story in an engaging style. |
| oboe reed making book: Oboemotions Stephen Caplan, Barbara Conable, 2009 Purpose is to place the musical and technical study of the oboe within the context of a precise understanding of the human body --Foreward. |
| oboe reed making book: The Art of Oboe Playing Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, 1999-10-16 The Art of Oboe Playing is actually two books in one -- one part by Robert Sprenkle on playing the oboe, and another part by David Ledet on reed-making. Sprenkle was the renowned teacher of some of the finest oboists, among them Robert Bloom of the Rochester Philharmonic. Ledet has an exceptionally broad professional background, including assistant band director, teacher of oboe and theory, and administrator. |
| oboe reed making book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Oboe Reedmaking Ann Rosandich, 2023-07 The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Oboe Reedmaking, Volume 2 resumes the discussion of reedmaking with advanced treatment of reedmaking theory, adjustment, and presentation of the material in volume 1. This volume provides a unique contribution to the study and practice of oboe reedmaking including:-Going beyond the basics found in conventional texts-Quality control-Oboe adjustment -Acoustics-Balancing the reed-Analyzing your reed's tone quality-Using the tone quality of the reed and crow for reed adjustments-Learning how the parts and subsections of the reed function-Reed adjustment by anatomical section of the reed-Advanced reed tests and adjustment techniques-Advanced reed blank preparation-Designing and customizing your reeds-Reedmaking at high altitude-Gouging machines and adjustment-Advanced discussion of measurement and gaging-Reedmaking steps not discussed or illustrated elsewhere-Graphics drawn with three-dimensional effects-Suitable for group or private instruction-Heavy illustration conducive to use by the non-native English speaker-Unique presentations of material found in standard textsContains over 185 color illustrations and photographs of the reedmaking process, 198 pages of text and information on reedmaking; an index, footnotes, glossary, list of illustrations, and list of tables. The book is printed in the USA on 80#, acid-free, matte paper. |
| oboe reed making book: The Way of Cane Eric Arbiter, 2020 As the sound-producing mechanism for the bassoon, the reed is a vital component in the sound of the entire instrument. While pre-manufactured reeds are widely available for purchase at music stores, this one-size-fits-all option hardly does justice to the unique needs of the musician and the piece. Many bassoonists, including seasoned professional bassoonist Eric Arbiter, instead choose to craft their own reeds. A nuanced and difficult craft to master, reed-making involves specialized machinery and necessitates special attention to the thickness, and even topography, of the reed itself. When done correctly, however, this process results in a reed that not only produces a more beautiful sound, but also holds up to even the most demanding musical performances. In The Way of Cane, Arbiter demystifies this process for bassoonists of all levels of experience. Drawing from his decades-long experience as both musician and reed-maker, Arbiter provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the craft, from the differing sound qualities produced by changing the dimensions of the reed's blades to the changes in the reed's behaviors as it passes through cycles of wetting and drying during production. Small changes in each of these variables, Arbiter explains, contribute to the ultimate goal of producing a bassoonist's ideal sound. With step-by-step instructions, detailed photos that further illuminate the reed-making process, and a companion website featuring the author's own recordings. The Way of Cane emphasizes the importance of the reed to the bassoon's sound, as well as the harmony between reed and musician. |
| oboe reed making book: 48 Famous Studies (2nd and 3rd Part) Albert Andraud, 1968-04 Southern Music |
| oboe reed making book: Bassoon Reed Making Christin Schillinger, 2015-12-14 Withheld by leading pedagogues in an effort to control competition, the art of reed making in the early 20th century has been shrouded in secrecy, producing a generation of performers without reed making fluency. While tenets of past decades remain in modern pedagogy, Christin Schillinger details the historical pedagogical trends of bassoon reed making to examine the impact different methods have had on the practice of reed making and performance today. Schillinger traces the pedagogy of reed making from the earliest known publication addressing bassoon pedagogy in 1687 through the publication of Julius Weissenborn's Praktische Fagott-Schule and concludes with an in-depth look at contemporary methodologies developed by Louis Skinner, Don Christlieb, Norman Herzberg, and Lewis Hugh Cooper. Aimed at practitioners and pedagogues of the bassoon, this book provides a deeper understanding of the history and technique surrounding reed-making craft and instruction. |
| oboe reed making book: The Breathing Book Stephen Caplan, 2014 To breathe well means to breathe free of tension, and oboists who breathe well create a resonant tone quality. The Breathing Book provides concise information about breathing alongside etudes and activities encouraging application of this knowledge in musically meaningful ways. The Breathing Book teaches the truth about breathing, establishing a reliable foundation for improved resonance, articulation, endurance, and tone quality. |
| oboe reed making book: The Oboe Marion Whittow, 1991 |
| oboe reed making book: Quick Guide to Bassoon Reed Tuning Sarah Peniston, 2015-12-23 Mark Eubanks has created a recipe for tuning and adjusting bassoon reeds. The Quick Guide to Bassoon Reed Tuning is packed with information to help the bassoonist go to a problem, test it and fix it. Built on his earlier publications, this publication presents a new, proven step-by-step method to check the tuning of every note on the bassoon. It also includes a synopsis of bassoon reed design elements that affect tuning, and additional tuning factors, including bocal and instrument adjustments and tone production issues. The publication is further supplemented with extensive information and Q&A found on the Arundo Research website (www.arundoresearch.com). |
| oboe reed making book: Evelyn Rothwell's Guide to Oboe Reed Making Evelyn Rothwell, 1987 |
| oboe reed making book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Oboe Reedmaking Ann Rosandich, 2011-11-01 |
| oboe reed making book: Handbook of Materials for Wind Musical Instruments Voichita Bucur, 2019-09-06 This book addresses key questions about the materials used for the wind instruments of classical symphony orchestra such as flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons and pipe organs. The content of this book is structured into four parts. Part 1- Description of materials for wind instruments deals with wood species and materials for reeds used for making clarinet, oboe and bassoon- and, with metallic materials and alloys for - horn, trumpet, trombone, etc. Auxiliary materials associated with the manufacturing of wind instruments are felt, cork, leather and parchment. Part 2- Basic acoustics of wind instruments, in which are presented succinctly, some pertinent aspects related to the physics of the resonant air column. An important aspect discussed is related to the effect of wall material on the vibration modes of the walls of wind instruments. The methods for measuring the acoustical properties of wind instruments are presented. Part 3- Manufacturing of wind instruments, describes the technology used in manufacturing metallic tubes and pipes made of wood. Part 4 - The durability and degradation of materials addresses data about methods for cleaning wind instruments, studies factors producing degradation of organ pipes, describes methods of conservation and restoration of brass instruments and of historical pipe organs. Finally, the properties of marble are described, being the only one nondegradable and sustainable material used for pipes for organs. |
| oboe reed making book: The Woodwinds: Perform, Understand, Teach James Byo, 2016-06-17 The Woodwinds: Perform, Understand, Teach provides comprehensive coverage about the woodwind family of musical instruments for prospective instrumental music teachers. What sets this book apart is its focus on how to teach the instruments. Preparing students in the how of teaching is the ultimate goal of the woodwind class and the ultimate goal of this book, which organizes information by its use in teaching beginning instrumentalists. In developing performance and understanding, pre-service teachers are positioned to learn to teach through performance—contrasted with an old-school belief that one must first spend much time tediously trying to understand how things work before playing the instruments. The book is organized in three parts: Preliminaries, Teaching the Instruments, and Foundations. Chapters in Teaching the Instruments are organized by instrument (flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon) and, within each instrument, according to how an effective teacher might organize experiences for novice learners. Basic embouchure and air stream are covered first, followed by instrument assembly, then hands and holding. Embouchure coverage returns in greater depth, then articulation, and finally the mechanism, which includes sections on the instruments of the family, transposition, range, special fingerings, tuning and intonation, and reeds. In Foundations, topics are situated in big picture contexts, calling attention to the broad applicability of information across instruments. |
| oboe reed making book: The Bassoon James B. Kopp, 2012-01-01 This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years' experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today's bassoon and its intriguing predecessors. He discusses the bassoon's makers, its players, its repertory, its myths, and its audiences, all in unprecedented detail. The bassoon was invented in Italy in response to the need for a bass-register double-reed woodwind suitable for processionals and marching. Composers were quick to exploit its agility and unique timbre. Later, during the reign of Louis XIV, the instrument underwent a major redesign, giving voice to its tenor register. In the early 1800s new scientific precepts propelled a wave of invention and design modifications. In the twentieth century, the multiplicity of competing bassoon designs narrowed to a German (or Heckel) type and a French type, the latter now nearly extinct. The author examines the acoustical consequences of these various redesigns. He also offers new coverage of the bassoon's social history, including its roles in the military and church and its global use during the European Colonial period. Separate historical chapters devoted to contrabassoons and smaller bassoons complete the volume [Publisher description]. |
| oboe reed making book: Woodwind Basics Bret Pimentel, 2017-05-25 Woodwind Basics: Core concepts for playing and teaching flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone is a fresh, no-nonsense approach to woodwind technique. It outlines the principles common to playing all of the woodwind instruments, and explains their application to each one. The ideas in this book are critical for woodwind players at all levels, and have been battle-tested in university woodwind methods courses, private studios, and school band halls. Fundamental questions answered with newfound clarity include: What should I listen for in good woodwind playing? Why is breath support so important, and how do I do and teach it? What is voicing? How does it relate to ideas like air speed, air temperature, and vowel shapes? What things does an embouchure need to accomplish? How can I (or my students) play better in tune? What role does the tongue really play in articulation? Which alternate fingering should I choose in a given situation? How do I select the best reeds, mouthpieces, and instruments? How should a beginner choose which instrument is the best fit? Woodwind Basics by Bret Pimentel is the new go-to reference for woodwind players and teachers. |
| oboe reed making book: The Art of Oboe Reed Making Melvin Berman, 1988 Melvin Berman's varied experience as a much sought after pedagogue as well as a performing oboist of international repute make him eminently qualified to write a book about oboe reed making. Having recorded over 15 albums, performed on the soundtracks of more than 200 films, participated in, literally, hundreds of television and radio broadcasts, played thousands of symphony orchestra, opera and ballet performances, as well as solo chamber music concerts too numerous to count, he has had to make reeds for practically every conceivable performing eventuality. It is not surprising that he was chosen to demonstrate the oboe and english horn on The Orchestra, an album narrated by Peter Ustinov for MRP Digital Records. In The Art of Oboe Reed Making Mr. Berman has removed the mystery from reed making. In simple and direct language amply illustrated with 32 diagrams, he guides the reed maker step-by-step to the finished product, an oboe reed which responds well in all registers and produces a beautiful, warm and centred tone. The Art of Oboe Reed Making is an invaluable manual and guide in the search for a good reed. |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Reed-making Simplified Barbara Verburg, 2002 Learn how to make reeds with Oboe Reed-Making Simplified. Follow along as the book guides you though seven steps to make an oboe reed, from tube bamboo cane to a finished reed. Steps include: Splitting Tube Cane, Guillotine, Pre-Gouging, Gouging, Shaping, Tying-On Reeds, and Scraping. Full color photos and detailed explanations help you produce a finished oboe reed. A list of reed-making tools is outlined in the introduction with buying tips and recommendations. At the end is a note section, where you are encouraged to write down any additional tips or tricks you learn while making reeds. |
| oboe reed making book: The Bassoon King Rainn Wilson, 2016-11-29 From the three-time Emmy nominated actor, climate activist, and author of Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution—Rainn Wilson’s memoir is about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is the new “I don't even own a TV”) that now has more than four million followers. Now, he's ready to tell his own story and explain how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective on life. He explains how he grew up “bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a modicum of cool attached to the word.” The Bassoon King chronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek (“the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers”), his years of mild debauchery and struggles as a young actor in New York, his many adventures and insights about The Office, and finally, Wilson's achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and creative values of the Bahá’í faith he grew up in. |
| oboe reed making book: The Jende Book of Sharpening B. Thomas Blodgett, 2008-11-29 The Jende Book of Sharpening Double Hollow Ground Reed Knives takes the voodoo, wives-tales, mystery, and most importantly - the failure - out of sharpening any brand of double hollow ground reed knife. The Dime-Nickel Sharpening Method is used to sharpen every single Jende Reed Knife, and is a proven method that will work for the entire life of your reed knife. Each page is filled with straightforward, concrete sharpening information that can be used by reed knife sharpeners of all levels, and is accompanied by over 70 detailed color pictures. The end result is less time spent sharpening and more time spent practicing and making and adjusting your oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and saxophone reeds. |
| oboe reed making book: The Eloquent Oboe Bruce Haynes, 2001 The Eloquent Oboe is a history of the hautboy, the oboe of the Baroque period. It reflects recent interest in this instrument, which was the first of the woodwinds to join with strings in creating the new orchestra, and had by the end of the 20th century again become a regular presence on the concert scene. Between 1640 and 1760 this type of oboe underwent dramatic changes in both function and physical form, and the majority of its solo and chamber repertoire appeared. Haynes examines in detail the hautboy's structure, its players, makers, and composers, issues of performing style and period techniques, how and where the instrument was played, and who listened to it. |
| oboe reed making book: The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon Douglas Edward Spaniol, 2010 (Instructional). New edition with spiral binding For well over a century, students all over the world have learned to play the bassoon using Julius Weissenborn's Practical Bassoon Method . At long last, The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon presents the complete 1887 publication in an updated, user-friendly version. With over 50 photographs, modern fingering charts, and in-depth instruction on performance basics, instrument care, and reeds, The New Weissenborn Method is a must-have for all bassoon students. Features: * Carefully researched and edited from the original 1887 edition * All lessons and exercises re-engraved * New notes, techniques and terminology introduced before each lesson * Weissenborn's original sections on tenor clef and the speaker keys restored and expanded * Original ornamentation chapter restored with added modern performance practices * Supplementary scale exercises now include all major and minor keys |
| oboe reed making book: Tipps + Tricks für Fagottrohre Holger Simon, 2017 |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Reed Making Harry Baker, 1970 |
| oboe reed making book: Playing (Less) Hurt Janet Horvath, 2010-04-01 (Book). Making music at any level is a powerful gift. While musicians have endless resources for learning the basics of their instruments and the theory of music, few books have explored the other subtleties and complexities that musicians face in their quest to play with ease and skill. The demands of solitary practice, hectic rehearsal schedules, challenging repertoire, performance pressures, awkward postures, and other physical strains have left a trail of injured, hearing-impaired, and frustrated musicians who have had few resources to guide them. Playing Less Hurt addresses this need with specific tools to avoid and alleviate injury. Impressively researched, the book is invaluable not only to musicians, but also to the coaches and medical professionals who work with them. Everyone from dentists to orthopedists, audiologists to neurologists, massage therapists and trainers will benefit from Janet Horvath's coherent account of the physiology and psyche of a practicing musician. Writing with knowledge, sympathetic insight, humor, and aplomb, Horvath has created an essential resource for all musicians who want to play better and feel better. |
| oboe reed making book: The Devil's Horn Michael Segell, 2005-10-15 In The Devil's Horn, Michael Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone-a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both positive and negative passions among all who hear it. The saxophone has insinuated itself into virtually every musical idiom that has come along since its birth as well as into music with traditions thousands of years old. But it has also been controversial, viewed as a symbol of decadence, immorality and lasciviousness: it was banned in Japan, saxophonists have been sent to Siberian lockdown by Communist officials, and a pope even indicted it. Segell outlines the saxophone's fascinating history while he highlights many of its legendary players, including Benny Carter, Illinois Jacquet, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Branford Marsalis, and Michael Brecker. The Devil's Horn explores the saxophone's intersections with social movement and change, the innovative acoustical science behind the instrument, its struggles in the world of legit music, and the mystical properties that seduce all who fall under its influence. Colorful, evocative, and richly informed, The Devil's Horn is an ingenious portrait of one of the most popular instruments in the world. |
| oboe reed making book: The Essential Guide to Adjusting Your Oboe Bruce D. McCall, 2005-01-01 Illustrated step-by-step guide to manipulating the adjustment screws on the modern oboe. |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Unbound Libby Van Cleve, 2014 After decades of experimentation, musicians have begun to utilize a strikingly colorful palette of sounds on woodwind instruments. Flute, clarinet, and saxophone players, in many different musical settings, regularly use sounds that were unheard of in the middle of the twentieth century. Oboists, in comparison, have lagged somewhat behind their more adventurous colleagues. In writing Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, author Libby Van Cleve opens up the tradition-bound assumptions of the instrument's capabilities. Not only does she include descriptions of the instrument's standard technique from range and reeds to the use of vibrato, but she also discusses recent techniques, such as multiphonics, microtones, altered timbres, and extended range, to name a few. Van Cleve bolsters this book with numerous music examples and professionally-tested fingering charts, and concludes with basic information about the use of electronics for amplification, recording, and sound enhancement. The book's appendixes include a substantial bibliography of music and literature and a discography including jazz, non-western, and art music recordings. The revised edition incorporates new information about resources now available through the internet and marks the launch of a website that includes examples of all the contemporary sounds as well as audio and video recordings of unreleased compositions. |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Reed Making Peter Hedrick, Elizabeth Hedrick, 1972 |
| oboe reed making book: How to Build an Orchestra Mary Auld, 2025-02-13 |
| oboe reed making book: Oboe Technique Evelyn Rothwell, 1971 |
| oboe reed making book: The Art of Cor Anglais Geoffrey Browne, 1996 |
| oboe reed making book: Making Oboe Reeds, Step-By-step Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, 2012-08-26 A simple, step-by-step guide to help Oboists become better reed makers. This guide will help the beginning reed maker to learn the process but can also help a more seasoned reed maker become more consistent and learn to control their final product. |
| oboe reed making book: Making Oboe Reeds Joseph Shalita, 2003 |
| oboe reed making book: Gids voor Delden , 1968* |
大家如何看待oboe这个乐器？ - 知乎
说正经地，oboe作为双簧类乐器中比较有代表性的一种，还是有很强魅力的。 尤其是中音区（小字二组）甜美柔和，被称作小公主不是没有道理的。 虽然低音区的唢呐味更浓一点，在『 彼 …
大家如何看待oboe这个乐器？ - 知乎
说正经地，oboe作为双簧类乐器中比较有代表性的一种，还是有很强魅力的。 尤其是中音区（小字二组）甜美柔和，被称作小公主不是没有道理的。 虽然低音区的唢呐味更浓一点，在『 彼 …
