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Author: futureoboeplayer
Date: 2003-10-31 12:34
I have no experience playing the oboe but I love it and I'm looking forward to learning to play it in some months after I graduate from college. The thing is I only have a year to spare since I would be going off to med school after a year. In that year I wanted to learn the oboe. I don't expect to be pro at the end of a year, but I hope to know enough to play a nice song or two. Hopefully when I go off to med school I would continue to practice with it on my own. I keep hearing that the oboe is difficult to learn. It looks like it's complicated. Anyway, my question is...Learning to play the oboe well in a dedicated year....wishful thinking? Anyone think it can be done? The only experience I have with woodwinds, is the recorder. Would knowing the recorder help me any with the oboe?
Thanks
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Author: Davide
Date: 2003-10-31 13:11
Hallo,
for your interest, I began to play oboe about 10 years ago and I used to go to a teacher. After one year I was able to play almost all scales and a some piece (simple ones). After that I decided to stop learning oboe with a teacher and do it by myself. It's much more difficoult to study oboe alone but the most important work is exercises you have to do everyday at home. The teacher helps you for tune, position, reed making, posture, and to check your knowledge and progressions.
Now I play oboe, english horn, oboe d'amore and bass (baritone) oboe. They are fantastic instruments!!!
Before at my school I played recorder too and it's really different world!!
So, study and play oboe as much as you can. Results are not so difficult to obtain!!
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Author: the_oboist/flutist
Date: 2003-11-01 02:09
I've been playing the oboe for three years now and had gotten quite a ways in the first year without a teacher. It just takes a lot of dedication. I suggest you find some books that explain everything in a way you understand. You might also want to find a nearby high school or college student who's willing to get you started just so you don't end up have to relearn a bunch of stuff if you decide to become more serious later. Good luck and have fun with it.
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