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Author: John
Date: 1999-03-10 21:23
Is it difficult to learn the oboe's embouchure... while still being able to play the clarinet?
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-03-10 23:59
Well all I can say is that my daughter did not find it to be difficult.
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Author: Andy
Date: 1999-03-11 01:21
I've tryed the oboe before, it was kind of hard to get used to the doubble read, I kept biting the read like the mouthpiece. but besides that it's pretty similar. It takes more practice than the clarinet though...
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-03-11 01:28
Andy wrote:
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It takes more practice than the clarinet though...
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Hah! They <b>all</b> need the as much practice as you can afford! I don't know of any instrument that needs less practice than another - none.
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Author: Don Austin
Date: 1999-03-11 13:44
I'm 77 and have played the clarinet off and on for 65 years. I bought an oboe 15 months ago and with eratic but nearly daily practice I can now play about 20 minutes with a regular reed before my jowels give out.But I still keep at it.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-03-12 06:43
Mechanically Oboe is said to have better key-works.Drawbacks are:reed making is more difficult,and needs much breath pressure.Breath capacity is not the problem,but how to blow out the dirty rsiual air is its problem.
I like legendary Leon Goosense played with Menuhin.
Yes,as Mark wrote every instrument needs a lot of practice.
Maurice Andre plays trumpet at least 8 hours a day.Harold Wright practices before breakfast,just before concert,after coming back home,Rubinstein carried a compact piano key boad for practice even in train! But they did practice not that is obligation but a real fun.
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Author: John
Date: 1999-03-12 14:30
I managed it. When I moved to a new town, the orchestra there had plenty of clarinetists, but no oboes, so I tried to pick it up as a new instrument. The embouchure and playing concepts are very different from clarinet and I was able to maintain both. However, for me oboe required constant attention and practice, otherwise my playing on it suffered. When I moved again, I found more work playing clarinet, so I sold my oboe and bought a nice new A clarinet. Playing oboe and its various orchestra solos taught me valuable lessons about expression, air flow, and breathing that make my clarinet playing better. Go for it, if you have the time!
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Author: Raphael T. Bernard
Date: 1999-03-15 23:25
I did it - and the only reason it was hard, is because the oboe takes MUCH more strength in muscles you would never otherwise use. It hurts! Try to practice as much as you can, and SAVE your embochure around the time of the concert - don't play as much, if you try to cram, you will DESTROY your mouth. And, don't forget the vibrato!(different than the Clarinet)
Raphael
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