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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2012-10-16 03:04
You got me really curious now, Craig...
I just had a 'really keen' 11-yr-old student talk her mother into letting her start the oboe; she was also learning cello but seemed to be enthusiastic. After 2 lessons she abruptly quit in order to take up the French horn... I THINK her band teacher talked her into trying trumpet first.
I now have a 7-yr-old clarinet student who can barely cover the holes and has no musical background but who is doing quite well.
My own policy is to NOT take on a student who is not really wanting to play oboe; if it is the band director's or parent's idea, I will try to ascertain that and see if I can discover what the child wants in order to give clearer direction. And I"m sorry to say that the money investment in oboe reeds has to be a factor too: they've gone up in price from when I started 40 years ago!
In sum, all I can say is that it depends on your son's motivation, his patience, his level of interest in (or love for) the instrument, his willingness to practice, and the ability to find a working instrument and someone to guide his first steps.
GoodWinds
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