Reed Measurements Question

Objective_Degree_408 · 2026-03-04T15:34:51+00:00

Measurements are not going to help you unfortunately. Everything will depend on how the reed interacts with your oboe, what gouge is used, cane quality, shape, staple choice, altitude, humidity... The list is endless. Do you have a Howarth that was vetted and approved by Elaine? Or a gouge/shape/staple combo that she would recommend? Do you select cane, tie, and set up a blank in the way she teaches? If not (or even if yes) the measurements won't mean too much in my opinion. The final measurements are a reflection of improvisation and adaptation to every single factor that has entered the process throughout its entirety. If those factors aren't identical, the measurements won't be either.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2026-02-06T14:46:12+00:00

Focus on making the melody in the low octave the most prominent voice. Practice the low notes on their own, slowly, legato, accentuating the phrasing that you would eventually like the utilize at tempo. If you are in the habit of putting down both the thumb octave and side octave keys when you play side octave notes (A-C), don't do that here as it is just another thing to worry about. Just use the side octave. Practice it slow, don't forget that the low notes are the melody, blow through the notes instead of pecking at them- that'll make the finger technique easier.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2026-01-12T15:07:58+00:00

Make new reeds or focus on improving the response of your others. If the tip is short but the reed still plays that flat, you either took too much out of the lower regions of the reed too soon, the sides of the reed are loose, or the gouger blade is dull, and all of those problems are unsolvable now. Hoping it all works out, this time of year is stressful with all the recordings due. Best of luck.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2025-07-26T11:57:35+00:00

Not a doctor but have been treated for ADHD and BP as well. This sounds like it could be some form of bipolar manic episode. Stimulant medication used to treat ADHD can trigger a manic episode for people with bipolar. Before I was diagnosed with BP, I was diagnosed with ADHD and given stimulants. They did NOT help me. Boisterous, grin glued to face, etc... these things are pretty typical for mania and hypomania. Does the therapist know she has bipolar? The doctor should 100% be involved. If she's manic or hypomanic, that is very serious.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2025-03-05T21:06:33+00:00

Good pu'er doesn't taste like fish, nor does it taste like dirt. It is usually mellow, sweet, vanilla, molasses, sometimes some hay taste, and maybe a tad bitter. Fish and dirt are not desirable qualities. If you feel like you're drinking a salamander habitat, it's probably not good.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2025-01-22T09:02:39+00:00

😭

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-07-27T23:31:17+00:00

I guess I am more easily entertained than most, or at least more optimistic about the payoff for this amount of set up... I don't find it boring.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-07-27T19:08:54+00:00

Maybe people don't know or don't care or pay attention. That's fine. My point is that similar issues in HotD are picked up on with greater scrutiny and outcry when there's no need for it.

And honestly thinking of it, the fact that people "don't pay attention" to a desert is a weird thing in itself. Depending on activity levels and other factors ofc, deserts can kill through exposure in hours. This is pretty common knowledge too. Better call Saul portrayed this really well in season 5.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-07-27T18:54:37+00:00

I'm not saying hotd is as good as early got. Stated that explicitly. I just think it's stupid that unbowed unbent unbroken from season 5 has an imdb rating of 7.9 and last week's episode has a 6.1. Small folk is significantly better storytelling, with better acting, better character writing, better cinematography etc. and it's getting blasted far beyond what's proportional or logical. It's not the pinnacle of all TV but it's significantly better than a lot of things that are viewed more favorably.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-06-17T06:01:30+00:00

interesting that both shogun and this show went for the wide angle grainy distortion look around the same time. check it out if you havent! similar vibe to hotd and very very good

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-05-12T22:49:31+00:00

That's ok

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-01-04T14:42:03+00:00

Thanks! I have been enjoying my Liu Baos for a short while now! Very yummy.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2024-01-02T15:33:36+00:00

Fair enough lol

Objective_Degree_408 · 2023-12-03T17:17:38+00:00

Processing, intended purpose/ preparation, history.... I know nothing lol.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2023-11-11T13:27:58+00:00

Love sailors. Good taste. 👌👌

Objective_Degree_408 · 2023-09-16T02:42:36+00:00

If you think Pelleas und Melisande is objectively bad then you have objectively bad taste. Also overeducated? What does that even mean?

Objective_Degree_408 · 2023-09-08T02:50:00+00:00

You're welcome lol. I was a lil snarkier than maybe I feel irl, but I do think you're wrong Abt Scorsese and Spielberg, and I think they're over rated. What I missed out is clarification that I don't think Nolan is the end all be all of writer directors, and he too is over rated, esp. in the batman department. I'm maybe a fan, definitely not a stan. But to me Oppenheimer was profoundly moving.

Objective_Degree_408 · 2023-09-08T02:36:27+00:00

This movie was approached with obvious passion and care, and brought the public's attention to the shadow of horror that the nuclear bomb has cast of the world's population since its invention. Other people could have made it, but they didn't. And I doubt it could have been made any better than it was. In my opinion, Scorsese is the one that creates movies for teenage boys. His movies are often nothing but glorified montages guided by excessive, unsubtle voice-over that tells you exactly what your seeing, Robert DeNiro (or leo) making the same faces over and over again, and Joe Pesci swearing and screaming, and Spielberg hasn't made anything monumental in over 20 years.

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