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Oboe beginner's woes

Author: chikkinn
Date: 2014-08-26 02:21

Hi there, I came across an old oboe (B&H regent) and had it restored to playing order at no great cost. I normally progress past learning the easy notes on any new instrument really quickly, including the clarinet, but I'm struggling here. I just want to be able to play C5 (both index fingers and nothing else down) and B4 (just the top index finger down), but when I lift the lower index finger there's nearly no change in pitch at all. The sound I'm producing at the moment is loud and unpleasant, but its consistent. If I keep a consistent C going and try to go down to B, very little happens. If I drastically reduce the airflow, I can get it down to a B, but it's like the fingering change has nearly no effect and the breathing is doing all the work.

Does anyone have any input on why a complete beginner without a tutor might be getting this result? If it makes any difference, I have a really cheap (£5) reed from amazon.

Thank you very much for reading!

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