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play oboe--want to double on sax

Author: KJC
Date: 2014-05-13 21:22

Hi,

I'm an oboe player. I've played it pretty much exclusively since I was a kid with a long break of not playing when I was furthering my non-musical career. I currently play the oboe in various community groups. I did play the saxophone during marching season in high school because of the similar fingerings to oboe. I recently rented an alto sax because I'd like to play it in other community groups and a community marching group. I don't intend to focus on it as I do the oboe, but I would like to develop a good sound.

While I have a nice tone on the oboe, my saxophone tone and vibrato are not very good--It actually still sounds like I'm playing a louder and not so nice oboe. I think my embouchure may be too tight. Also the sax seems to take a lot more air to me and the vibrato technique is completely different. To be fair to myself, I've only been playing the sax on my own a week.

Has anybody here started playing the sax well after playing the oboe? Did you run into any challenges with this? If so, how long did it take to also develop good tone on the sax? Did lessons help? Thanks! Any experiences would be helpful.

-KJC

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