Author: whitefork
Date: 2005-03-14 17:34
Me too - it's been 30 years since I picked the thing up, so I took it in for service and just got it back Saturday.
What a cantankerous instrument it is.
I wasn't a bad player, but pretty undisciplined.
My motivation is maybe an odd one. I've been studying Alexander Technique for years, using it in horseback riding and swimming, and suddenly it dawned on me that I might be able to apply it to relearning the oboe. My AT instructor is an opera singer, but she's given me a lot of advice on posture, breath control and the like.
I still have all my music books. I even remember some of the exercises.
Although my fingers remember the notes, my embouchure is pretty rusty, and I have a hard time getting to the lower register - the transition from B to A is <bwak!> a lot of the time.
I'm going to try a few different varieties of reed-hardness and see what works.
Any advice that you might offer? The cat doesn't run away when I play, so that's a good sign...
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