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Oboe Art and Method is a complete and comprehensive guide to oboe
technique. Author Martin Schuring, a veteran oboe performer and
instructor, describes in detail all of the basic techniques of
playing (breathing, embouchure, finger technique, articulation) 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. Schuring's descriptions are straightforward and
articulate, designed to encourage students to focus on the basic
techniques of tone production as a springboard for more nuanced
artistic development. Key sections address long-tone and scale
practice in ways that go beyond advice most teachers will give
their pupils, and the author's focus on embouchure development
cultivates supported breathing and blowing to help provide the best
foundation for aspiring oboists. In addition, he offers chapters on
the practicing, instrument care and adjustment, professional
development, and career development issues, all designed to help
students practice meaningfully and with purpose and guide them
throughout their careers with the oboe. A reliable source of
practical and time-tested advice, Oboe Art and Technique will
appeal to all who teach or are learning to play the oboe, whether
at conservatories or in private instruction. A coherent overview of
the fundamentals of technique, it will also be a terrific brush-up
guide for professionals and amateur enthusiasts alike.
Embouchure Builder has been designed as a supplementary study to be
used along with any standard instruction book. The studies herein
are excellent for use in the warm-up period prior to each daily
session of practice. The technicality of the fingerings is
comparatively simple and the studies can be used to advantage by a
young student with only a few weeks of formal study. This book
contains much valuable material essential to successful performance
not found within standard instructional material.
This handbook for flautists addresses all who wish to consider the issues raised when performing music of the past, and experiment with them on old or new instruments. Its aim is to provide an authoritative and practical guide with evidence drawn from a variety of primary sources directly and indirectly associated with the flute. The author provides sound advice on instruments and their care, historical techniques, stylistic issues and historically informed interpretation, with examples drawn from a wide range of case studies, including Bach, Handel, Mozart and Brahms.
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