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(Erik)
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Well, since you play oboe, you should have a good concept of intonation, which would make a good trombone player. Plus, you should have the lungs for it. That helps a lot. It really is personal, but I`m sure everyone here would agree that trombone is the superior choice in the brass world. If you want to march it, the trombone is big, awkward, and sometimes silly to march, but it isn`t too hard. If you put some real time and effort into it, you would know what you are doing by the time season hit no problem. I`ve known of several students that switched from flute to trombone, and it seems to make good sense. Air supply and pitch are 2 big issues for both, as well as oboe.
As for learning slide compared to learning valves, they are two different worlds. Valves are obviosly easier, since the slide is one massive tuning slide. But, if you have a good grasp one oboe, (which after 6 years you should) you shouldn`t have to hard of a time learning the intricacies of the slide.
A tip? Here`s my main tip to all my students. MORE AIR. No matter how much you use, there is always more to provide. In some random clinic at some random jazz festival in college the adjudicator told us this: There are 3 fundamentals to fix problems. The first is air. The second is air. The third is air. Air supply is the most important thing you can work on. It will fix tone issues, intonation, endurance, power, loud AND soft playing, anything you can come up with, it can all be traced back to air supply. There`s my 2 cents. That`s $40.
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