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Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-03-25 15:43
I played flute in elementary school (along with piano). My older sister was a decent flutist. I doubt I was. My mother suggested I switch to oboe, I'm guessing due to my being a weak player, but perhaps also to avoid sisterly competition. "Sure. What is it?" I replied. We listened to our classical radio station and she'd try to point out the oboe. Then we rented an instrument (some awful thing), and my sis's flute teacher handed me a PLASTIC reed! Ack! Went to a summer school band program, where the director played oboe, and the plastic reed was gone. I started pretty much on my own, working through a basic method book that taught forked F with the E-flat key and NO left F. (A habit I don't allow my students to fall into. Ever.)
So that was that. I picked it up when I was 11, between 6th and 7th grade and it "fit". Been doing it since then & I'm a whopping 54 ... so that's a lotta years!
And RobinDesHautbois, you should skip reading my blog; I whine about reeds. A lot. I'm the World's Worst Reed Maker™ & no one will ever convince me otherwise. (But I play well on bad reeds; what other choice have I?!) ;-)
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