Essays for oboists : more "straight talk" about achieving success as an oboist (or any other wind player) / by Jay Light.

Author/creator Light, Jay
Format Book
Publication InfoDes Moines, IA : Alborada Publications, ©1994.
Descriptionxviii, 215 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm
Subjects
Oboe.

Portion of title More straight talk about achieving success as an oboist
Contents Foreword. A short autobiography (so you know where the author, and a lot of what's in here, is coming from) -- Preface -- The first few lessons: In the beginning. The singing lesson, a discussion of embouchure (Huh?) ; Position ; Breathing and support ; The white spot -- Long tones: Milk for oboists: you never outgrow your need for it -- Mind games. Preventive playing or remedial playing: which do you do? ; The "frustration gap" -- Articulation: starting the sound and keeping it going. Staccato, legato, let the battle begin ; Double and triple tonguing -- Dynamics -- Musings on the terms "oboe players, musicians and artists" -- Note groupings, the basic structural unit of music -- "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, man practice!". Practicing practicing ; The metronome game ; Practicing performing -- Performance tips: do's and don'ts -- Professionalism, responsibility and accountability -- Vi-i-i-i-bra-a-a-a-to-o-o-o -- The rest of the good news about long tones -- Odds and ends. Warming up ; Nose grease ; Flood control ; Teflon tape, high-tech developments in reedmaking -- Postscript: a downer, but with home -- Appendices. High note fingering chart ; "How good" sign.
Abstract Includes discussion of breathing and position, long tones, mind games, articulation, dynamics, the terms "oboe players," "musicians," and "artists," note groupings, practicing, performance, professionalism, vibrato, technical odds and ends, and a fingering chart.

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML943 .L53 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold