Author: Jaysne
Date: 2010-03-23 03:11
Robbi, good luck. If you really want to take oboe seriously, the teacher is the way to go. I started out without a teacher, learned some fingerings and blew for a while, but then I realized I was going nowhere. When I got a teacher, a whole new world opened up to me and suddenly I became an oboe-player-in-training, as opposed to a sax/clarinet player trying to play oboe.
I would second oboeidaho's advice about avoiding store-bought reeds, but I would not say that you necessarily have to make your own. There are plenty of professional reed makers on-line from whom you can buy reeds. That's what I do, mainly because I currently don't have the time to learn how to make my own. But I am satisfied with the ones I buy, and am willing to spend the bread to have someone who really knows what they are doing make mine for me.
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