Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

technique de pince

English translation:

lip pressure / embouchure technique(s)

Added to glossary by Catharine Cellier-Smart
May 11, 2023 06:32
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French term

technique de pince

French to English Art/Literary Music oboe playing
With a reference to a type of oboe: "développement d’une technique de pince".

"Technique de pince" is often translated as "plucking technique" in a guitar context, but as an oboe has holes and not strings, I would imagine there's another way of referring to this.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +7 lip pressure / embouchure technique(s)
Change log

May 12, 2023 14:28: Catharine Cellier-Smart Created KOG entry

Discussion

Charles R. May 11, 2023:
You're welcome Catharine!
Catharine Cellier-Smart (asker) May 11, 2023:
@ Charles Of course!
Thank you Charles. I was fixating on the fingers, but thanks to your answer now I realise it was referring to the lips :-)
Charles R. May 11, 2023:
@ Catharine Il doit s'agir de la pression exercée par les lèvres sur l'anche double.
"Le son est produit par une anche double pincée entre les lèvres du musicien et entrant en vibration sous la pression de l'air."
https://www.musique-culture68.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/...

Proposed translations

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lip pressure / embouchure technique(s)

As said in the discussion section, I take it it's the "pincement des lèvres" which is referred to.

"Le son est produit par une anche double pincée entre les lèvres du musicien et entrant en vibration sous la pression de l'air."
https://www.musique-culture68.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/...

"Pourquoi le graile marche si bien ? Ca doit tenir à l'habitude et la fréquentation de la musique bretonne, constituée d'une "cornemuse" et d'une bombarde. Le graile à l'avantage de nécessiter moins de souffle (mais plus de technique de pince, à mon avis...) que la bombarde, et visuellement "ça le fait", en tout cas, ça le fait plus que la bombarde."
http://www.apemutam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=417

"Lorsque vous jouez le bas du hautbois, il ne faut point pincer mais contenir seulement l'anche en fermant bien les lèvres, et pour monter, il faut pincer graduellement, mais pas trop fort dans le haut, pour ne point intercepter le passage du vent."
https://s33864b9a0b8a0791.jimcontent.com/download/version/0/...

"The production of multiphonics can be done using two different actions. The first action relates to lip pressure techniques, and the second to combined fingering techniques.
Multiphonic lip pressure techniques enable the performer to produce different sounding multiphonics by using standard or traditional bassoon fingering, combined with adjustment of the position of the embouchure as well as airspeed to create the desired effect."
https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/70498/Stey...

"Once students learn the basics of reading music and developing aural skills, Banister (2002) has recommended teaching proper breathing, breath control, and embouchure techniques on their mouthpieces or reeds before using entire instruments."
https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/prodan_lisa_h_200512_dma.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth : Was about to post the same.
3 mins
Thank you, Bourth!
agree Samuël Buysschaert
1 hr
Merci Samuël !
agree Andrew Bramhall
1 hr
Thank you, Andrew!
agree Conor McAuley : Sounds about right
3 hrs
Merci Conor !
agree Victoria Schmidt : embouchure technique is right
4 hrs
Thank you, Victoria!
agree Anastasia Kalantzi
5 hrs
Merci Anastasia.
agree Daryo : makes perfect sense
16 hrs
Thank you, Daryo!
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