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Author: doddel
Date: 2016-10-28 12:14
As a child, I used to play the trumpet, from the age of 4 till I was 17. I had a reasonably good level, but lost interest.
I switched to oboe when I was 18, and haven't played the trumpet since. Because I didn't feel the urge to play the trumpet, and because I thought these two instruments are incompatible.
Now, through an inheritance, I recently got a gorgeous Bach C-trumpet, and I couldn't resist trying it. To my surprise, it sounded really good (I wasn't surprised about the instrument, but me playing it...), and it kinda makes me wanna pick up the trumpet again.
So the question is: is it possible to combine oboe (and CA) and trumpet (at amateur level)? I am mainly worried about embouchure
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-10-28 14:09
There's no reason why you can't play both - you may even get more work being able to play both as there aren't many woodwind/brass doublers.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: doddel
Date: 2016-10-28 18:30
so you don't think the more 'rough' embouchure for playing trumpet is going to make my lips less 'sensitive' for oboe playing?
I guess the reason there are so few woodwind/brass doublers, could be because they are mutually exclusive?
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Author: oboi
Date: 2016-10-29 11:42
I have a trombone but I rarely play it. Brass is hard on the lips for any player so of course you need rest after playing it. Don't think it'd screw up your embouchure permanently but I would wait a few minutes until the lips don't feel weird anymore before picking up the oboe. I actually tried doubling once for fun (just for a few mins), which was kinda hilarious cuz I was doing it in the same piece with like a bar's space between sections I was filling in for lack of a trombone player.
I'm actually quite interested in learning the cornetto (the renaissance instrument, not the modern cornet trumpet), which has a very tiny mouthpiece. I find the oboe a very good substitute for many florid cornetto works, but definitely want to try the real deal one of these days.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-11-03 19:55
If you play in a Carpenters tribute band it will come in very useful to play trumpet and the other woodwinds (flute, recorders, oboe, cor, clarinet and alto and tenor saxes). I used a soprano sax to play the trumpet parts on as I didn't have enough time to get my trumpet playing up to standard to play the trumpet bits in 'Superstar' and 'Sing'.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: oboi
Date: 2016-11-05 07:07
I heard a few days ago a stunning rendition of a Telemann trumpet concerto on soprano sax. If you hadn't seen the sax, you'd have thought it was a trumpet!
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Author: SarahC
Date: 2016-12-06 03:36
I don't know about trumpet and oboe specifically lot, but trumpet and flute... Absolutely use different muscles, and u have to work at both instruments daily, or your flute embouchure deteriorates. It isn't impossible. Take me about seven hours to bring back my flute tone (sounds windy) after a few weeks of only playing trumpet and not giving my flute a look in.
:)
So even if it does work different muscles, u can always bring the muscles u want back
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