Author: purpleyclouds
Date: 2016-08-03 05:52
I've been learning oboe for a month, with a half hour private lesson each week. I've been learning quickly though, this is my second instrument after ~10 years of flute, and am already half-way through my oboe lesson book (Abracadabra Oboe).
However, I have just been offered a rural job, beginning in three months. It is very unlikely that there will be an oboe teacher anywhere within driving distance.
I was wondering from other oboists experience, will it be possible for me to continue playing and learning without a teacher after only a couple months of lessons before I move?
I am finding the reeds the most difficult, my teacher needs to scrape them for me after I buy them so that I can get them to sound. I play European scrape and buy soft or medium soft KGe reeds. When I try to play the reeds as they are when bought, it is very difficult to get sound out, and when I do, it is very thin and weak. I have to put so much pressure into the reed that I get dizzy after only playing 1-2 bars and need to stop and recover. After my teacher scrapes the reeds, the notes just sing out and I am able to control the reed with my embouchure to play both high and low notes.
Could a couple months be enough time for me to learn to adjust my own reeds after purchasing them? Or could I learn to strengthen my embouchure enough within this time period that they won't need scraping?
I would appreciate any advice, I am loving oboe and really don't want to have to give up playing when I move.
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