Hey,
I was wondering what everyone does for lyke practising their instrument, I just began playing for a year and i reckon aim pretty good, but what can i do to make myself better, enyone got eny tips dat can improve my playing MEANING PRACTISING WISE.

and......

WHo also plays the english horn or cor anglias aswell as the oboe? JUST WONDERING.

I play English horn.
Same as oboe,i mean i practice about 2 hours every day on English horn

A couple of suggestions on practice :-

1. Try getting a book that has a cd which you can play along too.

2. Try copying any tunes you hear by ear. See how close you get then write them down.

3. Try joining a local band as they often have people of varying abilities and you will get to learn to play in time with others.

4. But don`t forget those scales, including chromatic scales and arpeggios.

5. Make it fun and hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for those tips but how do i make that TONE, I sound SO MUCH better then i use to i use to sound like a DYEING DUCK but know i sound like a LIVING DUCK but i want to SOUND LIKE A SWAN,

how do i make that tone, the tone that is like VIBRATING lyke VIBRATO,

IM really trying but school has finished and im not going to see my teacher until next year, I want to surprise her, SO HOW DO I DO IT, i have only been learning for 3 terms, which is a pretty short time (REALLY SHORT),

BUT I HAVE PICKED UP REALLY QUICKLY because i already learned the piano for 5 years.

I might sound lyke a desperate PAIN IN THE ASS, but PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

THANKS HEAPS

Here is my e-mail miol56@hotmail.com
contact me i`ll help you out
it`s not so hard as it looks
E.Horn is way easy to play than the oboe

The English Horn is just as hard as the Oboe. It requires a larger amount of air. Also, Vibrato will come eventually- the only thing I could suggest is listen to many different recordings and try imitating what they are doing. You`ll learn a lot about vibrato and your body at the same time. For practice help- just keep practicing and practicing, learn all your major scales and relative minors, long tones, etc. You can just as much work done in a focused hour of practice that one gets in a 3 hours session. I hope this all helps!

CHRIS

P.S. E-mail me at Shoko2@hotmail.com if you have anymore questions

THANKS HEAPS guys, and girls.

I really appreciate your pointeRs.

ome of the best things that i have "heard" that develop tone is simply playing with a more experienced person. Which makes sence because you hear the more advanced tone and you develop their more advanced tone. Also I would recomend CDs with oboe solos on it. The one i love is "Instruments of Classical Music: oboe" im sure there are many more classical music CDs with oboe on them.

Enjoy playing the oboe~