Beginner's Guide To Learning The Oboe
Getting started with learning the oboe
With our Beginner’s Guide To Learning The Oboe, you can have everything you can ever need as a beginner to the instrument. It contains a lot of guidance to help you get started with learning the oboe. We also believe that throughout the internet, there is no better guide than what we have here. So what are you waiting for…Â
The oboe is relatively unknown to most people, but it’s still a very interesting instrument to learn. If you want to learn this instrument, do a good amount of research first. With this Beginner’s Guide To Learning The Oboe, you will have everything you will ever need on your path to great musicianship with this instrument.Â
Choosing the right oboe should be the foremost priority for you. But with so many choices out there on the market, the inexperienced may find choosing one instrument almost impossible. Don’t worry, because you will get sound advice from our team of experts here at Ted’s List.Â
There are two main ways of learning how to play the oboe; learning from an oboe teacher face-to-face or studying on your own by watching videos or using a mobile app. If you’re unsure which method fits you best, we can help you out.Â
You should always remember that research, like with any other instrument out there, is vital to learning how to play the oboe. With our Beginner’s Guide To Learning Oboe, there is more than enough information for beginners of all ages. But there’s still rarely any better way than simply jumping in and playing oboe. But if you lack the confidence to do that, we can help you build it up.Â
The oboe isn’t as well-known as other instruments on an orchestra, but like its counterparts, it still requires that you get the technique right. If you do that early, you will improve so much faster than most. But if you forget the oboe technique altogether, you’re not going anywhere.Â
If you want to be a full-fledged musician, you have to be skilled at reading oboe sheet music. But such a skill is a rather different one compared to playing the instrument itself. For you to learn and master both of these, we heartily advise that you separate them into two clear categories so it’s a lot easier for you to tackle.Â
Bad days are a reality for every professional out there, especially musicians. There would be days when they didn’t feel like practicing oboe, but they still found a way to do so. This is because they had the ability to keep motivating themselves to work. With our guide to practising the oboe, you can learn this very important skill too.Â
About the Author
Katie Bennington
Katie Bennington enjoys a varied freelance career playing regularly with orchestras around the country such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, ENO, ENB, and CBSO. She is also a keen chamber musician and enjoys working in collaboration with artists from different genres.
She is a Masters graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied oboe with Richard Simpson, Gordon Hunt and David Walter, and cor anglais with Jane Marshall. She then went on to take part in the LPO's Foyle Future Firsts Scheme and in 2010 was a member of Southbank Sinfonia. She was a British Double Reed Society prize winner at the Barbirolli International Oboe Festival and Competition in 2009. At GSMD she was a Needlemaker’s Woodwind Prize Finalist in 2008, and in Dec 2007 she won the Slaughter and May Musician of the Year Award. She plays on a Sound Alchemy Enigma oboe and a Loree Royal cor anglais.
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She is a Masters graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied oboe with Richard Simpson, Gordon Hunt and David Walter, and cor anglais with Jane Marshall. She then went on to take part in the LPO's Foyle Future Firsts Scheme and in 2010 was a member of Southbank Sinfonia. She was a British Double Reed Society prize winner at the Barbirolli International Oboe Festival and Competition in 2009. At GSMD she was a Needlemaker’s Woodwind Prize Finalist in 2008, and in Dec 2007 she won the Slaughter and May Musician of the Year Award. She plays on a Sound Alchemy Enigma oboe and a Loree Royal cor anglais.
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