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Oboe Music With Cd

Music Minus One Oboe music with cd accompaniment, especially Music Minus One is one of the greatest ideas since they started recording music. The basic idea behind this is to provide an accompaniment and you play the solo part. Some of these pieces or books come with...

Orchestral Musician’s CD Rom Library for Oboe

Here is a way to build a personal library of orchestral repertoire. This is a series of CD roms that contain the Kalmus editions of a large number of original complete oboe parts. There are four volumes in the series containing 200 orchestral works by Beethoven,...

Oboe Music

Buying oboe music is a lot easier now with the internet. Prices are very competitive and actually, the selection is better than most music stores. The one place I can recommend for this is Sheet Music Plus. There, you can find everything for oboe that you could...

Finding An Oboe Teacher

For the Parents One day after playing clarinet 2 years in school, I came home and told my parents that I wanted to play the oboe. Their first reaction was, "The who?" "The oboe Mom." "That's nice." She answered, and then said, "What's that. That big curly thing?"...

Finding That Great Oboe Sound

So, you're searching for that perfect oboe sound. But do you know what you are really searching for? Many words are used to describe the sound of the oboe.     Light     Dark     Bright     3 dimensional     Heavy     Reedy     Nasal Take your pick. The most important...

Oboe Reed Testing

How Do Your Reeds Actually Work?   Reed testing is a very important aspect of reed making. The most important thing a reed can do is to function properly. That means in part the notes sound when you want them to, not when the reed wants them to. As important as a...

More Oboe Warm Up Exercises

Here are some more oboe warm-up exercises. Try them basically the same way. Here is another one which is basically the same thing. The same rules apply as the last one. Here is something different. Air support is the most important thing in this example. Think of...

Oboe Warm Up Exercises

  Warming up is a very important part of oboe playing. The reed, embouchure, and air stream must work together in order for you to achieve the best sound combined with the best attacks. These oboe warm up exercises are great for improving all three of these...

Oboe Bevel Reed Knife Sharpening

Knife sharpening can be a tricky business, but sharpening bevel knives can actually be easier than double hollow ground knives. The thing is, you have to keep the angles constant. Whatever you do, don't change the angles by lifting up the knife.     First, start with...

Oboe Reed Knife Sharpening

Confused by the knife sharpening task that we are stuck doing? Well, you've come to the right place. Let me try and explain in plain ol English. Knife Sharpening is probably the most important and least understood aspects of oboe reed making. My teachers always used...