Geez, maybe it’s harder to explain than I thought…
Wednesday August 01 2007
Proofreading my previous post, I realized it was only five posts ago I wrote—
“I think a lot of oboe players are afraid of the gouge, or think it’s some mysterious secret only revealed to the holy and sacred.”
— and then I go off writing ridiculously complicated explanations about the gouge that even I get confused while reading!
There are three major learning styles: Auditory, Visual, and Kinaesthetic. I am by far a Kinaesthetic learner. Thus, I would be completely lost if I was trying to learn about gouging from my posts.
Tim
Aug 1, 2007
Wait! Do you do this with the reed DRY? I just picked up an (old, dry) reed and did my standard blade-sliding thing, and the reed clicked!
cjwrightoboe
Aug 2, 2007
No, this is done WET.
When I say right thumb on top, right forefinger (index finger) on bottom I have the reed facing away, with the tip facing up and the staple facing down. When I slide the blades, I pull my thumb inward as if pulling toward the knuckle of my index finger, and push with my index finger, to push out and away. CLICK!!!
One of these days I’m going to have to figure all this video/audio stuff out so I can demonstrate the stuff I explain. I need one of those digital recorders to record sound clips, and something to record video clips. Maybe if I write enough, some nice reader will explain to me how to do all of this.
nat*
Aug 2, 2007
Heyy Cooper!
Thanks for adding me to your blogroll, I’ve added you to mine too 
YOu know, you’re the first person I’ve seen who likes to make reeds =P
Cheers~!
Aug 1, 2007
“right thumb on top, right forefinger on bottom”? Are you looking up the staple, or down through the tip when you’re doing this?
I would say I’m more of a visual learner. Maybe you can post a video of “the click”...this is sounding very fascinating…
——-