Author: cjwright
Date: 2006-08-31 03:35
If i had 30 minutes to get someone "acquainted" with an instrument.
I would make them play on the reed for 10 of those minutes. I would should them a proper embouchure, and have them play on the reed only so that they can hear what pitch the reed should be at with a comfortable embouchure. They would be able to warm up with this later.
I would also incorporate "hissing", blowing air between the front teeth after playing on the reed. For example (15 seconds reed, 10 seconds rest, proper inhale without the shoulders, hiss breath until everything is out, start over). This is a good fundamental exercise for beginners.
After they've got the hissing and reed exercise down, I'd have them play a simple G major scale, concentrating from low G to middle D to have them produce a good, solid sound. Using a metronome, I'd do 4 beats at 80 up and down from G to D and down, letting them stop whenever their mouth begins to give. This might even be just 4-8 beats only! (Better to have them learn the mouth properly first than to have them biting for the rest of their oboe career).
Students can learn fingerings, rhythm etc on their own. The tricky thing for a beginner is proper air production, with a decent reed, and the correct embouchure.
If you must use a book, I suppose the sellner's would be fine, but this is assuming they can read/count music.
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