Oboe Blog
How to Help With Flat Oboe Reeds
Flat Oboe Reeds Are Instant Death! Probably the worst thing that you can do when playing the oboe is play on flat oboe reeds. This is one of the most common reed problems and it can be a bit tricky to fix. Here are some things that you might want to try out and see if...
Oboe Books
Here is a list of oboe and oboe related books. To be honest, I have not read all of them, and some of them I didn't know existed. They all look very interesting however. So with that little disclaimer in mind, here is a small list of oboe and oboe related books...
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?"...