Choosing To Play Oboe- Is It Really Too Difficult?

The Real Difficulty Of Playing Oboe  Your primary school child is ready for their first musical instrument. It is an exciting time filled with the ...

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How To Make Great Oboe Reeds In Less Time

Oboe Reed Making is challenging for most reed makers. It is time consuming, can be expensive (especially in the initial set-up), and has uncertain...

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How To Gouge Oboe Cane For Best Outcomes

How To Gouge Oboe Cane Techniques Of Oboe Cane Gouging: This post offers thoughts and techniques on how to gouge oboe cane for best oboe reed ...

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The Hazards Of Working With Twisted Oboe Cane

 Problems In Oboe Reed Making - Twisted Oboe Cane Working with straight oboe cane is essential to achieve success in reed making. Using twisted ca...

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The Use Of Winding Machines In Oboe Reed Making

 Oboe Reed Making: Winding Machines- Pros and Cons  The use of electric winding machines to tie an oboe blank has become commonplace in the profe...

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Introduction To Oboe Cane Processing - Video Learning

Introduction To Oboe Cane Processing This student education video includes a demonstration of oboe cane processing.  Learn how a professional oboe ...

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Aperture Management In Oboe Reed Making

Oboe Reed Making And Aperture Management Learn about the importance of aperture management in oboe reed making.  This video will address how the r...

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Oboe Reed Structure: The Relationship Of The Parts

There is no hard and fast rule about much of anything related to oboe reed making, unless you are a beginner just learning the basics. Cookie c...

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Learn About Oboe Reed Embouchure

Learn about what the oboe embouchure is, how it works, and how you can develop the right embouchure muscles to sound your best.

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How To Process Oboe Tube Cane

How To Process Oboe Tube Cane This post addresses stage 1 oboe tube cane processing (tube to cut-to-length). 1) Inspect your tube cane. Take note ...

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Five Ways To Improve Oboe Reed Performance

Five Ways To Improve Oboe Reed Performance 1) Make sure that your oboe reed source (including yourself) is capable of making oboe reeds that will ...

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How To Play Better Oboe At Every Level

How To Play Better Oboe At Every Level If you haven't heard yet, let me be the first to inform you that oboe is a strenuous  instrument to play.  ...

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