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Re: Switching to baroque oboe

Author: oboeblank
Date: 2008-01-01 16:08

I played Baroque oboe for a semester while in University and I loved it.
If you have any experience playing the recorder then the fingerings will make sense.
There are notes that are a bit stuffy because of the crossed-fingering situation but generally the intonation is really very good.
It is more free blowing than the modern oboe, and you use vibrato sparingly, which is a real contrast to the modern oboe-well for some players anyway.
An english horn reed will be too large-most baroque oboists use baroque oboe cane-the gouge is thinner than an English horn gouge and the diameter is different. Use a baroque oboe reed.
If you find a decent instrument, buy it and take a couple of lessons. Better still, if you can, find a Baroque oboist and ask them what make they would recommend-sometimes they know someone who is selling off an old horn or can locate one for a decent price.
Good luck-it's well worth the struggles.

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