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Re: JUst a general question.......

Author: Bucky Badger
Date: 2003-05-07 22:11

Give oboe playing a try. Every kind of instrument is different. True that adapting to the double reed will take time. Also with oboe breathing is far different than clarinet. With oboe you always have to get rid of the air you take in, so learing phrasing will be more important than it is with clarinet.
Beginners on oboe do not make their own reeds. You will have to adjust to store-bought reeds. You may have to sink "a larger than you like" amount of money into reeds until you find the strength you can live with.
In the city band I play with we have too many sax players and oboe players and we lacked a french horn player, so I now am playing my Conn 8D french horn....If you think oboes are expensive try buying a french horn.

I also play dixieland clarinet in a group and yes the oboe reed is more difficult to adjust to than a clarinet reed.

But deciding if playing oboe is more difficult than clarinet depends totally on you and your abilities.

jim buchholz

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