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Re: Tips?

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2009-11-23 01:50

Hi Kaylee --

First of all, congratulations to you for wanting to improve your playing! That shows you are serious about being an oboist!

Do you own your own oboe, or does it belong to the school? Is it wood, or is it resin (plastic)? If it is plastic, you don't need to worry about a humidifier. If it's wood, and if it is yours (or your responsibility to maintain it), then you might want to put a little humidifier in your case. You might also want to get a can of Woodwind-All and spray some on your swab and run it through the oboe every few months. I do that with mine, and it really helps.

As far as reeds go, it would be really, really nice if you could start playing on handmade reeds. Use the search function on this board to find recommendations for good reedmakers -- we have discussed that subject here many times. I play reeds from Drew Keller (http://www.oboedrew.com). There are a lot of other good makers around. Many people like the reeds from Good Tone Guild (http://www.goodtoneguild.com). There is a site that list a lot of reedmakers and peoples' opinions (http://reedreviews.net/). It might be a little confusing, but there are a lot of reedmakers listed there.

The other thing that would be really good is if you could get a real, live oboe teacher to work with you. If you can't find an "every week" teacher, maybe you could find someone who you could work with, say, once a month. That was the very best piece of advice I got when I was starting out -- get a teacher! Oboe is one of those instruments that is hard to figure out on your own.

Susan

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