How to Play the Oboe
Various oboe tips and tricks
There are numerous special, alternative fingerings?
It is said that there are numerous secret fingering methods that are passed down from expert performers to those who are just starting out in the oboe world. For example, the high E♭ of "Promenade" from Pictures at an Exhibition, composed by Mussorgsky and arranged by Ravel, cannot be produced with typical fingering. However, the use of a traditional, special fingering passed down among players in the world of oboe players allows the note to be played almost without fail. This is but a single example-there are said to be countless similar others.
The oboe can produce multiphonics!
There are special ways of playing multiple notes at once on the oboe. These are not used in classical music, but modern compositions sometimes use these playing methods.
Examples of multiphonic playing methods
Musical Instrument Guide:Oboe Contents
Structure
How to Play
How the Instrument is Made
Choosing an Instrument
Trivia
- Why does the oboe lead the orchestra in tuning?
- Do the reeds have a front and a back?
- The keys recoil via springs!
- This is how the oboe and the cor anglais differ
- The charumera was the oboe's cousin
- You can reduce time spent breathing using circular-breathing techniques?
- The Wiener oboe that survived an existential crisis
- Oboe masterpieces: concertos
- Oboe masterpieces: chamber music
- What is the alto oboe?
- The heckelphone, which resembles the oboe
- The oboe is the bassoon's cousin