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Re: New to the oboe.

Author: kroboe
Date: 2005-08-25 10:42

Well, its never too late I guess, so courage! !
As you may know playing the oboe demands considerable physical effort. Therefore it is very important to get off on the right track. The most important thing to learn is breath control, to keep pressure as low down in you stomack as possible, to learn to control your diaphragm, and to keep your shoulders down an your throat relaxed and wide open. Then there is the aspect of developing the muscles for a good embouchure, and finally there is the everlasting challenge of mastering that all important little bugger, the reed. As so many before me I switched from flute to oboe many years ago. At the time I never even considered to start off on the oboe on my own, because I realised straight away that there are so many technical aspects to playing the oboe that you cannot expect to straighten out all by yourself. In hindsight I think that without help I probably would not have made it and given up. So my best advice to you is to get a teacher. After a year or so, when you have learned the basics, you will beginn to know what it is all about, and you can decide on wether playing the oboe is what you thought it would be like, and wether you want to go on. Good luck!
kroboe

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