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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2003/08

From: "Sameer Al-Abdullah" <simsim29@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Learning the Oboe
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:54:43 -0400

I picked up the oboe 3 years ago. my only teacher was the internet. I looked up fingering charts and then i was on my own. By the time i found my teacher it had been 3 months already and i was playing decent yet as a beginner. a few months later i was playing better and day after day I was improving and still improving.

I bought a very bad oboe (little did i know about the subject). Which was a Selmer. and just recently bought the wonderful Rigoutat REIC. that oboe is great for students. Look it up at http://www.norapost.com its a piece of heaven!!!

One last word, many people told me that it would be more harder for me to learn the oboe since i was 26 at the time. I agree that early learning at the age of 5 or so is best but that shouldn stop anyone from doing anything just because they are not under 10 years old. My advice to you is that if you really wanna do it you will do it in no time. The oboe is a very demanding instrument. you will havew to practise every day to maintain your embouchure.Its like dieting!! you cant jsut diet for 3 days a week and pig out the rest of the week!! Just pracise enough (and properly of course) and i swear you will do just great. good luck and all the very best.

Sameer Al-Abdullah
Kuwait