hello everyone there? I`m having a problem right now. I can`t seem to keep a open throat and I think it`s affecting my tonguing, among other things. does anyone have any tips to solving this problem or can you share your experiences on it? any help will be much appreciated!

Open throat? something stuck in there? I might suggest water to clear your throat. What exactly does it affect?

CHRIS

I read in "The Art of Oboe Playing" (or maybe some other book) that it will affect the speed of your single-tonguing, and some other stuff. But they don`t tell you what to do if you`re playing with a closed throat.

Try humming while playing scales. IT`s hard to learn, but it will help. It won`t sound like music, its more of a chest drone, and it will make your scales sound bad, but its what I tell my students to do, and it works. You need to open your throat and support from your stomach to do it, but don`t worry abou that, just hum, and that will happen. When you get a noise, stop humming but play like you still are, paying atention to the sound of the notes. Sorry, it`s hard to describe like this.
oh, and don`t use music for scales ever. Memorize them.

ummm...that never happens 2 me, so my advice probably isn`t that good. Drink water before U play, and i U ate something Bfore, don`t play, especially if you ate chocolate or chetos, or other junk food, because it can ruin UR oboe.

I have a flute player friend who learned oboe, and someone told him to open his throat. One day i heard him playing, and i wanted to cry or be deaf...anyway, i told him if he relaxed his throat he would get a less ducklike sound. and it worked. so just relax. dont focus on opening up.