Hi. I just had a question. I`ve been reading many posts that people have switched from clarinet to oboe. Would that be difficult? the figerings are different and it`s in a different key. Well I`ve been playing oboe for six years and I was forced to go to flute because my new director didn`t reccomend marching oboe. And I found flute very similar to oboe..well, the fingerings anyway. But anyway, I was hoping someone could clarify me on this

I just switched from flute to oboe a few months ago. The biggest problem I have is the ombechure change. Flutes require no chops to play, and are quite the opposite from oboe. Its very hard to hold notes out on a flute. Now that I play oboe I have forgotten my flute ombechure so make sure you work to keep both up.

hi
you switched from flute to oboe? i will do this too. well, i won`t switch. i will study flute, so i won`t quit playing. was it difficult to learn oboe? do you find it more difficult than flute?
it is so great to find somebody who did the same!!!
thank you.
ines

I went from flute to clarinet, to saxophone, and recently to oboe. I still play the flute. The oboe adversely affected my flute embouchure. I need to practice the flute before the oboe. Oboe first, doesn`t cut it.

hi again
oh you mean oboe adversely affects flute? that wouldn`t be very good...
i played clarinet too, but my fingers were too short. haha
and it was very difficult because of the different fingerings of flute and clarinet. oboe is very similar...
i didn`t recognize difficulties of my embochoure when i played clarinet and then flute.
what did you mean with your last sentence `oboe first,...`? i don`t understand it... sorry, i am from germany...
bye
ines

Ines,

My problem is with the flute embouchure.

If I practice flute, and then the oboe, no problem playing the flute.

If I practice oboe, and then the flute, I have a problem playing the flute.

If you have no problem playing clarinet and flute, then maybe you won`t have any problem playing oboe and flute.

hi bill
thank you again... i am very relieved. but i know what you mean with playing oboe/clarinet and then flute. sometimes i had a problem when i played clarinet very long. the muscles where aching and i wasn`t able to play flute. i would love love love to learn oboe, but i will study music when i come back from the usa and flute will be my first instrument. it would have been a pity if this destroyed my embochoure...
ines

Ines,

Why don`t you rent an oboe, to try, before you buy an oboe? Is this an option while you are in the USA?

I am renting an oboe. It`s a plastic Yamaha 211. It plays nicely, but doesn`t have a full set of keys.

I just got 2 oboes to trial, for 5 days, before buying. One is a used plastic Fox 300, and the other is a new Rigoutat RIEC.

Bill

hi bill
i will rent an oboe before buying one, but if i love it as i love flute, i would like to buy one as soon as possible, because i don`t want to spend too much money on renting one. but i think i decide to buy the buffet 4012 for $1269. perhaps not as good as yamaha, but it is grenadilla and oboe will only be my hobby. i want to buy a good flute for college too and this is far more important!
how long do you play?
ines

Ines,

I`ve been playing oboe for almost two months.

Bill

If you play clarinet now and are switching to oboe don`t keep playing clarinet because the clarinet embachure totally ruins, and is the oppposite of the oboe embachure.

clainet to oboe is really not that hard i swithched about 2 years ago had no problem

Actually, some of the clarinet fingerings are similar to flute fingerings which are similar to oboe fingerings. I find that they are all connected. The only thing that I had to get used to were the different embouchures. It`s not that hard once you get the hang of it.

Chelci

I play clarinet and have started oboe, I found that all it did to my clarinet playing was make me sqwak for a few days while I got used to it, then it improved it. Good luck to you!

i have played oboe for a while, about 4 years, and am now beginning to play the clarinet and I am finding that the problem mainly is understanding key signiture, for instance the G on the oboe isnt the same as the G on clarinet... its weird... and the ombuchure is weird too.

i think the change from instrument to instrument is difficuly for almost every instrument, except clarinet and sax, because the ombuchure is different and you have to get used to it.