Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2005-01-20 13:20
<<But still, have you found any difficulties in switching to oboe? what are they and how did you overcome them?>>
Demon, I have not really had very many difficulties in making the switch from clarinet to oboe. I can still play the clarinet, if the occasion demands. In fact, I am offering to play Eb clarinet in my band this year, when the oboe is not required.
As Kai says, the horror of the oboe is the reeds. For a variety of reasons, I have chosen not to make my own -- at least, not from start to finish. So I am stuck with the task of finding someone to make them for me. This is like the fairy tale in which the princess (me, of course!) has to kiss a lot of frogs before she discovers the prince (which is to say, a reedmaker whose creations suit me and are consistent time after time).
The other thing I am learning about oboes is that they are fussier than clarinets. I have already had to send my good oboe for major repair to the top joint. I think it would be a good idea to own two good oboes, so that when one of them needs repair, you would still have the second one to play.
But other than a few issues with confused fingerings, and having to learn trills, I find the oboe to be very accessible. Before I played oboe, I also played soprano, alto, and tenor recorders. Perhaps one of the reasons the oboe has seemed so "natural" to my fingers -- recorder fingerings are very similar.
Good luck!
Susan
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