Musical instruments

i havent to the letter played the oboe but i am switching to the oboe this summer before school starts. i play clarinet right not and am going on a scholarship to University Of Arkansas in 4 days. but i difficulty to start thinking about playing...

well i firm to switch to oboe from trombone after switching to that from clarinet last semester. um tips hmm i got a couple of how to play books and vids and i still don't riskless very good ha. um but it was easy to go back to a woodwind...

2008-07-02 16:28:55 by oboe girl

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I have been playing the oboe for a while and my mom is bent of buying oboe reeds. So, does anyone know how to make one?

Ahh, oboe reeds, what a employment. Basically you get cane and whittle it to the shape and flexibility you desire but this isn't something easily taught at a distance. You need to find an oboe gambler who makes their own reeds and have them...

2007-09-10 07:07:56 by Mako

I am out of it. What is the difference between an Oboe and an English horn? They look very closely related in that, they have similar sound and they are both double-reeded woodwind instruments.

In what effect will you see an...

The English Horn (otherwise known as the Cor Anglais) sounds a 5th put down than the oboe, and is a transposing instrument part of the oboe family. It is in the key of F whereas the oboe is in C. The English Horn sounds darker and lower compared...

2009-01-30 01:25:53 by Matt

I've been playing oboe for about 6 months now, and the 2 reeds my schoolmaster gave me are starting to produce really crappy sounds. I know a lot of people make their own, but for those of you who buy brand name what do you use and how does it...

You distress a double reed. On the Oboe, Basson, English Clarinet, etc. use doube reeds. They are harder to use than Saxophone and Clarinet reeds, they privation more air and are more expensive.

Hope this helped! :)

2009-04-26 13:45:28 by jensmith1678

I am picking up my oboe in an hour or so... and it virtuous hit me that I will need a reed! What size of reed would be sufficent for a beginner playing oboe? I am also a clarinet player, and in Clarinet I use a 2.5 vandoren typicall. Should I use...

ask for ambience soft... NOTHING WITH A WIRE... uhh... yeah oboe reeds arent given numbers... most people start on standard soft. I know I did. Eventally youll move up to medium then medium hard. I dont think ive ever even seen a...

2008-05-27 12:54:31 by Cammy