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Author: sÖmeone
Date: 2002-10-29 10:16
Is oboe suitable for marching use?
What if its not?
What should i play?
The clarinet?
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Author: TigerTenor
Date: 2002-10-29 15:02
Oboe is most definitely NOT suitable for marching! I cannot think of a marching band anywhere that marches oboes, or any other double reed intruments for that matter. As far as alternatives to oboe, use what you know. If you can play clarinet, then use that. If flute, play flute. If tuba, play tuba and so on.
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Author: Torus Tubarius
Date: 2002-10-29 22:39
Hehe, well you could try and march oboe I guess if you're really into trying to make yourself different. You won't find a lot of marching music with oboe parts though, and plus the type of emboucure you need to play oboe doesn't exactly allow for moving around on your feet that much, no matter how much you "roll your feet" as the marching bandophiles like to say. Also, the oboe is mechanically very complicated and is therefore a little on the fragile side compared to something like a saxophone, and probably wouldn't stand up to much marching. I know if I decided to go and march around with my oboe, besides sounding absolutely disgusting, it would last maybe 5 minutes before the whole instrument was completely out of adjustment, which I suppose wouldn't matter much anyway after the bore had cracked into fifteen different pieces.
Furthermore, you would be shunned by your fellow oboists for adulterating the orchestral aristocracy with tunes like "Gimme some lovin'" and "Love Potion Number 9".
Is my tongue far enough in my cheek now? Don't march oboe... please.
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Author: Hikaru
Date: 2002-10-31 07:20
Well my sister's band's oboe-ist do march around with her oboe. (what happened to it...I do not know. :P) However I think you should follow everyone else's advice and go for the clarinet or other 'marchable' instruments you like.
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Author: sÖmeone
Date: 2002-11-01 05:15
I really do have the same idea with ya guys as a new oboist.
Recently my band had a music camp with a tutor from west malaysia (i'm malaysian), and just for ur information i study in a chinese independent high school. The tutor said that playing the clarinet again (i was a clarinetist of the band for 3 years) will kinda 'destroy' my embochure. Is that true? Well i can still plsy the clarinet quite well i guess. Well any suggestions for what i should actually play other than the clarinet during marching season?
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Author: Hikaru
Date: 2002-11-02 09:09
WAAAAAAAAAAAAIT aaaa MINUTE!!!
Ummmm.............Malaysia...?
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Oh YEAH I'm from Malaysia too!!! XD Nice to meet ya! *shakes your hand*
For your new question, if you really wanna play both, I suggest that you play both instruments everyday, 15 mins on the oboe, switch, 15 mins on the clarinet, switch, 15 mins on the oboe and so on.
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Author: Hikaru
Date: 2002-11-02 09:36
Oh, have you tried saxophone? I mean they're single reed instruments too. Plus the instrument will be supported by a neck strap...so less arm ache.
Flute is fairly easy, the piccolo is more exciting(but I don't think its easy to start off with a piccolo without learning the flute first..)
You could go for brass instruments but you need to learn to 'buzz' and the fingerings is totally foreign from the woodwind instruments..
Percussion are fun too, but be prepared to play percussion solos for long periods..
Well anyway it depends on what you *can* play, for an example, don't pick the tuba if you don't have the endurance, if you have really short arms don't pick the trombone either, if you don't like anything else but enjoy hitting bad juniors with a stick, ask to become the drum major(just joking). ^_^
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Author: Torus Tubarius
Date: 2002-11-02 15:06
Hi there. I agree with Hikaru, you should try what interests you. Saxophone is another good one, but it will give you the same emboucure problems as going from clarinet to oboe. But saxophone is much easier to play than clarinet, trust me I used to play a mean saxophone back before I saw the light and started playing oboe As I said before, I think you're best bets are the pit or playing tuba (if you have the endurance as Hikaru said).
One thing I do not agree with though is playing 15 minutes on oboe, 15 on clarinet, and back and forth. That will confuse your emboucure so fast you won't be able to play either anymore. If you just really want to play a single reed instrument like a clarinet, you should practice each separately with some time in between each. The only time you'd want to go back and forth quickly is if you're planning on doing some doubling on oboe and another single reed instrument (which I have done, and it wasn't pleasant, but it made me money) Additionally, I would spend about twice as much time on the oboe as on the clarinet because A) oboe is harder to play and B) you're newer to the oboe and still trying to form a good emboucure on it, whereas on clarinet you already have an emboucure which is less likely to be affected by playing oboe.
Do you absolutely have to march at your school? For me personally, the idea answer to what to play in marching band is not to be in marching band. I'd rather spend my time practicing oboe and learning how to sound good, rather than learning how to sound loud. Anyway good luck.
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Author: becca
Date: 2002-11-02 17:47
ahhh! no.... don't do dat! play another instrument, just as the others said. why would you want to constantly break $30 reeds??! (okay, not always $30, but not $2 like clarinets are). I hope you haven't been doing that...
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Author: Floyd
Date: 2002-11-19 17:56
There aren't any marching bands out there that i've heard of that march oboe. I also play oboe and when I started to march I played the flute and now that I'm in college, I march piccolo; an trust me the piccolo is a really fun instrument to march with.
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