Author: vboboe
Date: 2009-01-28 02:56
... why not do some more research, is this the only oboe instructor available to you? shop and compare, perhaps you can find one who fits your preferences better, they do exist, hopefully there's someone near you :-)
if i were shopping, i'd want half-hour lessons as a brand-new beginner, can't play more than a few moments to begin with, and it takes many months to grow strong enough to keep playing steadily for half an hour
<<Or maybe I should sign up for a college beginners music class?>>
Do you mean you're also brand new to music, can't read it at all, don't know sharp from flat, that sort of thing? If so, half-hour oboe lessons could consist of some tootling mixed with concentration on rudiment studies, well worth while, ask about that
IMO half hour's much too rushed to properly demonstrate reed-making, even when broken down step by step, not time enough to let novice have good go at it with direct guidance and corrections, an hour's much better time for that
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