Author: vboboe
Date: 2005-08-25 07:50
Well hi there Chuck & welcome!
10 months ago i was completely renewbie playing on oboe, hadn't played for (ahem) several decades since school ... i thought it wouldn't be too hard (heh heh heh!) ... well, if you always wanted to play oboe, you'll do what it takes, right? Welcome to the double reed club :-)
pre-moistening reeds -- there isn't any exact amount of time, just enough means when you can get it to make a sound (outside of oboe) fairly easily without much effort when reed is moist & pliable (not dry or stiff) ... watch for colour change, light & pale in colour and tip looks dull means reed is too dry, more colourful, wet look, and tip translucent is moist enough
Reed brand new and very dry -- try 10 mins cold water, some people use warm water to speed it up a bit, maybe longer but rarely less than that first time out of the box 20 mins usually about right, 30 mins may be too long, too wet (easily remedied, air-dry for 10 mins)
After working with reeds awhile, they get blown in, soaking needs less time, can dip in water and leave water to soak in, 5 mins, experience will guide you by then
could practice your clarinet music as is, but only on your own. You'll need concert C music for oboe to play with anybody else (clarinet is a transposing instrument, can't read & play same music as piano directly, but oboe can) and when you get the same books in oboe as you've got in clarinet, ah, then you're into the fun and games of playing a whole set of different key signatures, frequently 3-4-5 flats ... so get oboe books sooner rather than later
... wonder if your beaut Linton is open key (like clarinet) rather than covered key (like flute) and has a Left Hand F, and F resonance key ... if not you really must master Forked F's ... heh heh heh! ... do you do those already on clarinet?
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