Author: Wes
Date: 2003-05-09 07:03
The oboe will require an artist private teacher, an expensive instrument, endless work on reeds, and a lot of practice. It is completly compatible with the clarinet and you don't have to unlearn anything. They both require practice but the price of admission for the oboe is greater. While one can purchase oboe reeds, most oboe players make their own as the purchased ones are often not optimum. Reeds are a much bigger issue on the oboe than on the clarinet. It will take many years of effort to play well on either one.
The oboe and clarinet cultures are somewhat different. An oboe player finds an extensive baroque repetoire while there is much less written for baroque clarinet, for example.
While the oboe has quite a different fingering system, other aspects of oboe playing are really what makes it difficult and fingering becomes a minor concern.
Phrasing ideas are taught differently for the two instruments, strangely enough, and a player of both benefits thereby.
The oboe is essentially not a jazz instrument while the clarinet has a big jazz presence. Good luck, whatever you decide!
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