Thursday, October 9, 2008
Oboe, Bassoon and the double reeds
Which genres can the double reeds play in? Obviously they can't play any form of rock. Could you imagine an English horn belt out a rock ballad? I've heard one jazz bassoon and well, it just took to much time to put together all of the sound equipment. No one can hear them on a marching field and at a metal concert who would notice the shrill of an oboe. The only place that these strange woodwinds belong is the concert hall for an orchestra or symphony. Take the contra bassoon with the notes that are five or more ledger lines below the staff, in a symphony a person could hear the fog horn sound of a b- flat zero. And any double reed that is as piercing as an oboe should never be heard.
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