Author: kdrew922
Date: 2008-01-19 00:46
If you practice in front of a mirror and are quite self-critical, you can learn a lot about embouchure and hand position and such from a book, and you can certainly get all the fingerings from charts. The biggest issue will be equipment. Even excellent oboes fall out of adjustment frequently, and cheap oboes can be extremely fickle. Reeds require constant adjustment. For this reason, I always advise students that it's better to not play the oboe than to pick it up without the help of a teacher. If you've got a note that won't speak, or a sound that's just awful, and you don't have any way to diagnose if the problem is you or your oboe or your reed, then learning to play the oboe can become more frustrating than rewarding. If you can get lessons even just once a month, just so someone can check up on your equipment, adjust your oboe, fix your reeds, etc... that can make a world of difference.
Cheers,
Drew
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