Why would anybody want to play the oboe?

[cydneywrght6]

I play the oboe and it's not dangerous it's a really cool instrument

[how2krushkings]

God I hate playing the Oboe. Why did I ever choose it way back in junior high all those years ago and why haven't I dropped it for something else yet? Because I can't stop loving it to pieces

[PrussianmaeAwesome]

I have been playing the flute for almost six years now and have been trying to learn how to play the oboe for six months. My flute playing most definately sounds a lot better than my oboe playing, but I can't help but love the oboe more.

[JonathanLuvMusic]

It's a strange thing, the Oboe. We don't know where Oboe is it come from, but thank God, they are here!!!

[Mufossa75]

This is an awesome video! I, too, am still in love with this instrument after a quarter century of playing it and for all the reasons described. There's nothing in the world like it!

[Tech9179]

i started playing oboe in 6th grade, i had a teacher but he never really paid attention to me, and now my siund had greatly inproved

[DrZombieElement]

Playing oboe is not easy, i'll just leave it at that.

[missfunnycrap1234]

The oboes in my 7th grade band were so loud and obnoxious...... Then murder happened!

[sr14225]

yup, I play the oboe. David teitelbaum is an excellent oboe/e.h. repairman by the way.

[mharden1234]

i play the oboe in my 7th grade band

[MMeJulieM]

Why the oboe? We love the sound!

[SuperJTthunder]

I play the oboe and I know exactly what these great oboists are talking about ... When you get that beautiful, extraordinary tone it's just hard to play any other instrument with the same emotion... The oboe IS a very emotional instrument.

[juniorsrosie]

Too

[juniorsrosie]

I'm an oboe player, and many a time I have wanted to give up and switch to flute, because I'm in band and don't have good parts and am often forgotten.

The band director would I also include me into the flute group, and banish me to the tuning room (once even leaving me in there during a concert)

But now that I'm involved in orchestra and have a better tone. I realize how important the Oboe is and how much more unique the tone is compared to the flutes (No offense, but I am flute/piccolo player

[TheJuicyfruit061]

I play the oboe

[anonymuis]

owww the sweet sound that I've always liked is coming from the oboe!!! I didn't know this before & it makes me sad bcoz i didn't start to learn it years ago. In my country, oboe was a very rare music instrument, in my entire life it only left me with a big question & my ears kept wanting to hear its sound without knowing where it comes from :( (I play a music instrument, though, which is a violin)

[chldnr]

>.< I dont like this I was a kid who wanted to play the oboe

[1mokoto1]

Hey, what a question? Oboe playing is the biggest challenge in classical music, isn´t that a good reason? The oboe has the smallest range in notes and in volume of all wind instruments. And instead of practising you struggle with reed making. But: Play to the wonderfull music written for our instrument and feel the joy of working with that one perfect reed you created yourself. I am still in love with the oboe even after 25 years as professional musician.

[sammtri]

I've studied with him in 1985-86 at Manhattan School of Music, I was the principal Oboist of the Bangkok Symphony. He's the greatest teacher too beside his wonderful musician and human.

[giselleg91]

Very interesting to watch! I chose to play it - for some reason I always wanted to. I can't imagine doing anything else

[chocoholic909]

I play the oboe and I think I ask myself every day why I chose this instrument. I'm still not quite sure...

[hakeemachu]

My buddy Mike Beckerman!

[oboemoboe]

Thanks for posting!

[tonymcfadden]

I played the bassoon for seven years, the oboe's big brother...

[iaqsar]

Thank you for making this video available! I know enough about the oboe to appreciate the art & skill that goes into reed-making, but I also know enough about my own limitations to let others make the reeds that I play. (I had never touched an oboe until I was past 50 years old, and just learning to play it in tune is enough of a challenge at my age!)

[clicktoverify]

I'm a professional oboe reed maker, and Joe Robinson was one of my teachers. I repair instruments professionally, and the Laubin craft is revered. Thanks for posting this! - Brian, Charles Double Reed Company

[KazooLadyofWoodstock]

Kudos to whoever produced this piece.

Loved the workshops, all of the interviews

and the old footage is so appropriate,,great stuff.

[KazooLadyofWoodstock]

Thank You.

The more I watched, my joy grew greater

and my smile got wider. Wow,,,I didn't know !!

I am totally amazed and love the whole process

and that magical sound of the oboe. Bravo.

[redriverhautbois]

6:58 over and over and over and over

[RobinHautbois]

As you asked: I play the oboe! I REALLY liked the parts with Laubin! As for the reeds.... soooooooo true!

[videoasst]

Really cool

[mschmidt62]

A non-oboist could watch this video 50 times and still not really understand....

[bmwski0507]

I saw this video about a year ago at a masterclass with Mr. Robinson. Thank you very much for uploading this video. 

[JocelynGarnerMusic]

I play the oboe and that was very entertaining!