Trying to Make a "European" Style Oboe Reed (featuring Natalia Mielnik!)

[@AndersEkholm]

There are actually a lot of different european ways to make oboe reeds, not only one. They are really quite different from each other, but common to all of them are the much shorter scrape compared to the American. Even if the different regional schools of European ways of oboe playing have come closer to each other, they still are significant. Sound, vibrato, and the way a tone developes and connects to the next one in a phrase differs as well as the reeds

[@robjenhen]

I am not an oboist, but one of my hobbies is making flutes and whistles out of bamboo, and had a thought to try and make a simple bamboo oboe. I enjoyed the 3 videos I watched. Most enlightening.

[@archkde]

Double reed instruments made from bamboo/other cylindrical bore materials are quite different, and have a completely different evolutionary history compared to the oboe/shawm family (conical bore). The cylindrical bored instruments have much bigger reeds, a mellower, less piercing sound, and unfortunately have no descendant in the Western orchestra. Traditionally throughout Asia they were very popular, including the duduk (Armenia), guanzi (China), piri (Korea), and hichiriki (Japan), among many others. I highly recommend giving one of them a try!

[@AnishProductions]

Wow that was interesting the way they overlap one blade completely into the other. I had no idea tbh. It really is a completely different system and approach.

[@oboeari]

Totally! It was illuminating. Thank you for watching Anish!!

[@Xingqiwu387]

Great video! Informative and enjoyable. I've played on German-scrape reeds all my life. Even though they're a bit more difficult to play than American reeds, they're incomparably easier to make. How anyone could successfully scrape an American-style reed is a total mystery. Thank you both!

[@oboeari]

Thanks! Definitely check out our previous videos where Natalia successfully makes an American style reed! I think in terms of ease of reed-making, they could be more similar than you think!

[@Anthony.Oboist.Pianist]

The scraping order and the reason for certain scrapes was very helpful. Great and entertaining video! Thank you both! 💙 Greetings from South Australia

[@oboeari]

Glad that you enjoyed the video, Anthony!! Sending you good vibes from Toronto! 🇨🇦

[@kurtilk]

❤️❤️

[@lunahed755]

Thanks for sharing 💕

[@benniecottone3413]

Which side of the reed do you play on (upper/lower lip), if one blade is wrapped inside the other?

[@NataliaMielnik]

Rounded on the upper lip, normal on the lower ❤️

[@benniecottone3413]

@@NataliaMielnik Both blades are round. One blade is slipped inside the other. Is that blade up or down?

[@oboeari]

Hi Bennie - the blade that's slipped inside is more rounded and is the one that should be on your upper lip. Hope this helps!

[@dionsteaparty8528]

Early squad!

[@oboeari]

I see you and appreciate you!

[@jaasielrodriguez7493]

Omg i wanna be as good as you are :D

[@oboeari]

Practice, practice, practice 🥰

[@ultimawerewolfbluephoenix9670]

"is it hard for you?" "Very hard' "Good" I think my humor is broken cause this has me cackling 💀

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

In civilized word we call it "trying a reed"

[@NataliaMielnik]

❤️❤️❤️

[@oboeari]

😍😍😍😍

[@nataliaurbanelli358]

Hey Natalia! Interesting video :) I have one question, how long do you keep the cane in water before starting to prepare it for binding? Thanks!

[@NataliaMielnik]

​@@nataliaurbanelli358hey! Warm water and wait till they will fall down ☺️