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Re: First Oboe Video

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-06-01 21:27

Practice breathing without an instrument first to see how you can inhale/exhale quietly, then once that's mastered (which is pretty easy), try it while playing.

sIt's something my clarinet and oboe teachers would make fun of if I took a noisy breath during a lesson, so that soon stopped once I stopped breathing loudly.

The problem with oboe is so much air is already stored up which has to be got rid of fast before taking in a fresh breath, so the risk of noisy breathing (especially exhaling quickly) is still there, but do try your best to reduce it.

But as for breathing through your nose, only use that when you get onto circular breathing which is much easier to do (and practice) on oboe than it is on most other instruments (and the glass of water method) due to the high breath resistance. But that's another topic which is much easier demonstrated than disussed.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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