Author: hautbois francais
Date: 2010-07-02 07:31
I would start with good and easy reeds with a sound that you like and a good oboe. I am sure by now, in your 40s+, you'd be able to afford a nice oboe. Then you take away 50% of most variables, the oboe and the reed. Do have you teacher test out the reed and the oboe to get what you want.
Playing on horrible reeds and a shrill sounding oboe is depressing and demoralizing, and that is why most kids with no patience give up the oboe quest. When I was a kid, one of my neighbors wrote anonymously to my parents telling them to take me to the cemetry to play my quacky, shrill sounding and loud oboe.
Get inspired by your favorite oboist, eg Heinz Holliger, etc. Listen and get inspired.
The rest is just practise, practise and more practise.
When you are tired of "bought" reeds, attempt reed making to achieve the sound you want...that is of course a challenge, but a worthwhile feat !
Post Edited (2010-07-02 07:41)
|
|
The Oboe BBoard
.jpg){kind=small}
