香港雙簧管中心 Hong Kong Oboe Center

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For the Elite Division, 12 best oboists and 12 best bassoonists will be selected to advance in semifinal round. Each of them will receive some travel stipend to attend the conference. Don't miss this great chance....!!!

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Oboe Reed Care 雙簧管簧片
Moisten the reed tip for about one minute in one-half inch of water to expand the fibers. If available, warm water works the best. A small glass, plastic cup, any small container with a lid, or a “reed soaker” which attaches to a music stand " will work well for this purpose.

If water is not available, satisfactory results can be obtained by holding the reed in your mouth and covering the tip with your saliva for about two minutes. Remember, saliva is the first step in digestion and cane is a vegetable. It is far better to have the fibers filled with water instead of saliva. The reed will last longer.

After the reed is moistened, blow through the cork end of the reed to remove any water remaining inside the reed. Moistening will usually help close the sides of a reed that may have opened up while drying.

Remember, do not try playing on or adjusting a dry reed for it will surely lead to cracks in the reed.

Reeds that are subjected to unusual stress—dropping, unnecessary squeezing on the sides, bending of the tip, scraping against clothing, playing or adjusting when dry—are destined to have a short life.

The use of a reed case, not the packaging you purchased the reed in, will help prolong reed life by allowing the reed to dry out between playing sessions, thus helping to prevent mildew from forming.

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Commissioned for Howarth Artist - Emily Pailthorpe. Redlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gordon Hunt.

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香港雙簧管中心
Hong Kong Oboe Center

how to make oboe reeds (1)-Hong Kong Oboe Center

There are two kinds of reed instruments:
Single reed (such as the clarinet and saxophone)
Double reed (such as the oboe and bassoon)
These instruments, together with the flute (which uses no reed at all) make up the woodwind family.
Clarinet and saxophone players (who are considered very lucky by their double reed friends) can buy reeds that are machine-made and more-or-less ready for use right out of the box. These single reeds consist simply of a piece of cane which has been cut and machined to a particular shape. The reed is attached to a mouthpiece, typically made of plastic now.

An oboe reed
Oboe and bassoon players, however, must usually make their own reeds. In an oboe's double reed, two pieces of cane are bound together and attached to one end of a metal tube (see diagram above). The other end of this assembly is inserted into the the oboe and forms an extension of its bore.
The behavior of the oboe reed is the primary factor in the oboe's quality of sound (pitch, tone quality, etc). The relative ease (or, more often, difficulty) which which it can produce a given note, at a given volume level, etc., is determined primarily by the reed as well.
Each oboist develops his/her own particular style or reed design. Since each player's embouchure and instrument is different, reeds made by one player are often not very playable by anyone else. The pictures shown here illustrate the style of reeds that I make, developed over the last twenty years or so.

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本地首個全雙簧管的獨特樂團
本地首個全雙簧管的獨特樂團
Ob•session is the first and an unique ensemble in Hong Kong featuring all instruments of the oboe family. It aspires to bring the wonderful sounds of oboe ensemble and its exciting repertoire to the audiences. Led by renowned oboist Yiu Song Lam, the group consists of players from different Universities in HK, the HK Academy for Performing Arts, prestigious overseas music institutes, as well as professional performing groups.

本樂團 為本地首個全雙簧管的獨特樂團, 旨在為各地觀眾帶來雙簧管合奏的美妙音色和多元化的音樂. 樂團由著名雙簧管演奏家姚桑琳帶領，團員來自香港各大學，香港演藝學院，海外著名學府及專業藝團。

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雙簧管的前身－蕭姆管於巴洛克時期前已一直被用作演奏軍樂。直至十七後半世紀，法國人從改良蕭姆管發明了雙簧管，改進了的樂器性能及音色控制能力令雙簧管得以進入藝術音樂之領域。在路易十四的皇宮內亦設有雙簧管樂團負責演奏宮廷舞曲、進行曲及歌曲。自此雙簧管樂團成為重要的室樂表演形式，甚至於巴洛克頂峰時期， 無論在皇宮、軍隊以及政府部門均設有以雙簧管樂手組成的樂團，肩負起不同演出目的。

The Oboe was invented by the French in the second half of the 17th century and modified from its ancestor - the Shawm, which had long been used in military bands. The improved flexibility and sonority quickly brought the oboe into use in "Art" music. At the court of Louis IV, a band of oboes was hired to perform dance tunes, marches and airs. The Oboe band has then become an important form of chamber music. At the peak of the Baroque period, oboe ensembles flourished all over Europe and held important roles in court, military and city music.