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The Long Tone is Meditation
Hi Reader, Too often, I come to the oboe FAST, URGENTLY, in a hurry to get my practicing done, to jump into the interesting rep, to get ready for rehearsal after a commute. A minute ago I was in the car, in the kitchen, shooing my child out the door for school. I need something - a transition period - to get me into the work I have to do. The work of sound, of pitch, of ease, of control. I need to find myself on the oboe before I can BE the oboe for someone else, whether that’s the conductor...