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Re: Amateur Oboists...

Author: A.U.K
Date: 2011-08-05 16:52

Stamina, breathing and embouchure all take time and usually longer than you expect, I still struggle with stamina but it gets easier..keep at it day by day and little and often and it will come along with your tone which will develop, but all in good time..

I don't think that a timescale of 10 years to really get things going is anything other than sensible and realistic..The Oboe isn't as impossible as non players think but it does have its foibles and quirks and the difficulties come from the outset so you face a lot of challeges straight off..dont get downcast, go back over old territory and music and you will see how you have improved even after a short while..

You will have good and bad days, plateaus and stumbles but its all a learning process..one writer above posted about learning to teach themselves under the guidance of their teacher which makes good solid sense..make every practice count and get the best reeds you can afford..

Keep at it, it will come..

Andrew

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