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I Play Oboe

I've played the oboe since I was 10....it was all I could do at my first lesson actually to make the reed speak. And yet I'm now studying on both the oboe and its egg-laying bigger sister the cor anglais, for my degree!
turbineman40 · 80-89, M
Very hard instrument to learn to play, the sound is amazing and wonderful. Congratulations on your choice
helenS · 36-40, F
I like Mozart's quartet for oboe and strings very much (K370) – can you play that?
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
I think there's something in that perhaps but by my estimation it's common to composers of his era in general. On the third hand, I don't think his later workd lack colour (leaving aside that which was written by Süssmayr)
helenS · 36-40, F
@Lhayezee Oh I really did not want to criticize Mozart - I mean who am I to judge? "Idomeneo" is my 2nd-favorite opera (2nd only to Gluck's "Alceste").
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
@helenS Oh I didn't mean to imply I thought you were or anything like that! lol
AnneHoney · 41-45, F
Have to make your own reeds? Double reeds are crazy tough instruments.
helenS · 36-40, F
@AnneHoney Making them is a work of art. Making a bassoon! Figure that out!
AnneHoney · 41-45, F
I’m glad you found something you enjoy.@helenS
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
@AnneHoney I still can't say I'm very skilled at making reeds though I can do it. Scraping them for 'fine tuning' is ok, very much an associated art though!
SteinbockundLoewe · 31-35, M
I've wanted to play oboe, I never have.
I've played another woodwind, though.
How much does an oboe cost?
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
@SteinbockundLoewe They're actually quite expensive to be honest - even a beginners instrument will tend to be a lot more than a similar-quality flute or clarinet. (One reason I think is that oboes have a conical bore ie it's narrower at the top and gets progressively wider all the way down; a clarinet is a basically cylinder with a wide flared bell just at the bottom). I was lucky in that my dad learned the oboe when he was younger and we had a beginners instrument in the house, lying unused (I had originally wanted to learn the cello instead!)
SW-User
An exclusive group (for once) on here.
That's really cool. Don't detach your retinas.
Mordi · 31-35, M
Oh boy. 😨

 
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