Author: d-oboe
Date: 2006-09-03 13:25
"But there's no harm in studying both instruments or continuing your playing on one while concentrating more intensively on the other"
This may work for single reed players, but as far as double reeds go, oboe has to be studied exclusively to get the full benefit. It is just too different from any other instrument (even the English Horn). It's possible to be proficient on oboe as well as many other instruments, of course, but to master the oboe it has to be studied alone. The reason is that the air/ reed/instrument "triangle" is so specific for oboe. The air has to be just a certain way, the reed has to be just so, all for the instrument to work properly.
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