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What instrument should i play on? Oboe, Harmonica or violin?
I’ve practiced normal flute for 3 years, and then I practiced piano for 4 years.
Now on the forth year, I have new teacher and he’s so mean and he’s driving me crazy.
So I’m going to stop playing the piano, until we move back in the country we come from.
But I don’t want to forget the notes, and I think it would be great to know other instrument too.
I think we will move back after 3 years or more. I love all of these instruments, and I also really like french horn but my dad doesn’t really like it. I don’t now wich insturment I should play…
Of these. Help?

P.S i know I already asked but it went to other categorie. And I’m already 13 years old… Is this to late?

C’mon, mean teacher. Be nice.

(Then again, it could just be that the teacher has expectations, eh?)

I was wondering if anyone knew how to make a double reed for either the bari or tenor. Has anyone ever tried this? Is it possible within reason?

There are a number of answers, so do click on this link if you want to read them all. But this one was probably the best (although the answer that included socks made me laugh):

Most people consider dealing with one reed at a time torture enough, yet here you want to suffer with two. Have you considered seeing a therapist to help you deal with this masochistic desire?

Should I give up on becoming a professional oboist?
I would love to become a professional oboe player. I know how challenging this can be and how competitive it is. I have just started college as a double major in Music Education and Music Performance, and I am wondering if Performance is even worth my time. I am a decent player, but I don’t know if I will ever reach the point where I could play professionally. I started playing oboe later than most other people too (I started my freshman year of high school and played clarinet and piano before that). I beat two sophomores this year, but they are not Performance majors. I am willing to work hard and do what I have to, but will that ever be enough? Is it worth the risk?

My answer might very well be, “If you are asking this question the answer is “Yes, give up!”.” But maybe I’m being harsh.

Will it be easy for me to play the oboe if I can read the treble clef?

Question: Will it be easy for me to play the oboe if I can read the treble clef?
I’m in orchestra and play the violin, but I feel like band would be a better home for music for me. I have the perfect mouth for oboe and clarinet, but my heart goes to the oboe. Since the violin plays a the treble clef and key C like the oboe does, will it be easy for me to adjust to playing the oboe?

Dear Edna:
In terms of advancing a career as an orchestral musician, is it better to take a job of leadership in a lesser orchestra or to take a position as a section player in a better orchestra? -grateful for your guidance

Dear Edna:
If you are in a full-time orchestra and want to audition for another orchestra, should you take the entire week off? If other members of the orchestra find out, could it affect your chances of getting tenure?-Kathy P.

You can read the answers (<—click on that!) to those questions at the Musical America site. If you go here you’ll se more “Ask Edna” entries.

Question: Is an oboe higher in pitch than a clarinet?
In: Woodwind Instruments, Clarinet, Oboe [Edit categories]

Answer: Oboe is about as high as the flute, so much higher

Oboes are expensive. This poor student is in for a rotten surprise:

Hello, Mr.Bridge.

I’m an advanced youth flute player, and I have other knowledge in other instruments such as other winds and strings. So I have a lot of music!
I would like to play oboe. I need help on what company I should get?
I’m in the middle of a Yamaha211 Student Oboe and i’m looking at some other ones but i’m not sure.
My price range is $ 100-500.
I’d greatly appreciate an answer.

Thank you so much!

I read it here.

I just read this on yet another question/answer site:

What Is the Easiest Instrument to Switch From the Bass Clarinet?

Well my instrument is to BIG to fit on my bus, so that is why.I was thinking about flute or maybe maybe oboe?
HELP! I am only in beginning band 6th grade!

I just thought this was too darn cute (I corrected some typos, as I don’t intend this to be mocking in any way)! Silly bass clarinet just doesn’t fit on the bus! :-)

Some of these really made me laugh. (But boy, they are harsh on oboe!)

Q: My band program is allowing us to switch instruments. I have a clarinet and have been playing since August, and in that time I have become QUITE good. Before I even started playing, the band director said I had a good mouth for clarinet. But I might be switching. Maybe to oboe because of the scholarship options. But then I heard my friend complaining (she plays oboe) about the limited note range. Should I switch? If so, to what? I have gotten used to the clarinet fingerings. so would that be a problem? Can someone give me a list of woodwind instruments and their pros and cons?

A: I can’t stand the oboe, but you should try the bassoon.

A: I play clarinet, its AWESOME! Dont swtich. Oboes are cool but not as cool as the clarinet. Once you get into high school band (if not already) they usually have the melody and a lot more playing time than flutes or what ever. heres some instruments though

Flute
Whistles
Clarinet
Saxophone
Harp
Oboe
Bassoon
Crumhorn
Bagpipes

A: Oboe – It makes a disgusting sound but is also a funny sound. Not many people play it.

Clarinet – It has a nice smooth tone but the fingerings can be complicated, also the higher register may be hard to play in tine and nicely.

Bass Clarinet – Much the same as clarinet except it is better because it is lower and unique. Takes a while to get used to after having played normal clarinet.

Bassoon – Makes a cool noise and is different. Is really big though, although the case is pretty small really. You would need to know/learn bass clef which is a pain in the ass.

Baritone Saxaphone – It’s really low and cool sounding but again it is written in bass clef. It’s also heavy.

Tenor Saxaphone – I find this instrument to be boring and average. To me it is just the sax between alto and bari. It’s pretty cool though.

Alto Sacaphone – I think it is a really cool instrument. It is suited to funky jazz or classical music.

Flute – Really high and hardly ever in tune (sounds horrible when more than one plays in the upper register) but is by far the easiest instrument to set up and pack away. It has no reed and only 3 parts!

My answer? It would be a question: “What instrument sound do you love?” Really, if someone doesn’t like the sound of the oboe it’s a foolish choice. I’d have more questions after that, but we’ll stop now. Because we can. Just like we can write in the third person if we want.

We don’t have an oboe player and sometimes I just have to have that part played and one of the ways I get it done is with a muted C trumpet. But none of the mutes we have really works for me. Anyone have any ideas on the best mute to fake an oboe?

What is the name of the classical music price that has a two handed decesending scale?

This is a difficult question because I do not know the name of the piece. However, it is very unique in that it has a part where two hands play a descending sclae run again and again. Then in between each descending scale run their is a short melody. If you get this question you are a amazing person.

Some questions just make you smile, you know?

I read it here.

Anyone out there want to be an amazing person? Go for it! (Two people already responded, so perhaps the questioner already has his/her answer.) The truth of it is that someone out there will probably come up with the right answer. Someone once wrote to me with a very vague question about something she’d heard in an advertisement that she thought might be from an opera. There were two women singing. Can you guess what it was? I did.

(This also brings back memories of working at a bookstore. We’d get similar questions. “I’m looking for a book and I don’t know the title or author but it has a green cover with white letters on the front,” sort of stuff. Sometimes we did come up with the book, too.)

How do you fix a broken oboe reed?

Um. Okay then.

After that one is solved I guess we should work on “How do you mend this broken man? How does a loser ever win?” … because I have that stuck in my head now!

Perhaps I should write new lyrics, eh?

How do you fix a broken reed?
What makes my oboe sound so thin?
Please help me mend these little problems,
And let me play again!

Was the English horn invented in england?

Cute.

Alright, so I’ve been playing Clarinet since I began band in the 5th grade. I love clarinet, don’t get me wrong, but I was one of those people who “finger learned” to play it (Meaning I learned when to finger the right fingering and not the actual notes). Now, being in the 9th grade, It’s become increasingly hard for me to play my Clarinet (I’m not HORRID at it, but I’m not the best player either.) So, my teacher suggested that I switched instruments. He suggested maybe Saxophone or Bari. Sax, and I considered playing the Bari. Sax for a while… but then during our instrument step up sale recently, I found and tested an Oboe. I immediately fell in love with it, and according to a Bassoon player who had heard Oboe playing before, I “wasn’t half bad”. So, now, I suggested it to my teacher, and he said that I’d half to work amazingly hard to become good at it.

I REALLY want to play Oboe but the fingerings are different, and I’m concerned that I’ll be really bad.

So, what should I do?

I would first answer, “Learn to read music!” From the sound of it this student is switching because he/she has “finger learned”. What’s going to change if the kiddo switches instruments? Hmmm.

How come a lot of Classical Music fans are ignorant about Rock music?

Is Rock music considered musically inferior or something?

Um. Couldn’t this go both directions? I would think ….