Oboe Fingering Lesson #1 (Learn The OBOE!)

[OboeMan246]

Do you have a renosonce Key ( sorry for the spelling)?

[TheCookiemonster1874]

this is very helpful but you should but more one please, i learn better when i can here it cause then i just match my tone

[hipepleful]

Here’s a song that you just need: G,A, and B, its called “Gently Sleep”. I cant give you the sheet music if you want. This video was very helpful.

[ItachixHinata4ever]

Th-Thats a Jones reed! o_o

[Garfloid]

do u even play the oboe?

i hope ur better now

[TheCookiemonster1874]

im currently learning how to play this, its my first time playing the oboe i usualy play the clarinet im very good at it and now im looking for some thing thats more of a challenge and these videos are a very big help so if you can continue to post these up that would be great, once im able to here a note and how its sounds i can play it so plzzzzzz post more videos ur really good btw

[sk8luv2222]

Quick! I need to learn oboe for my schools production of Seussical! Any tips?? I'm also playing clarinet and bass clarinet in the show... Yeah were a little short on woodwinds...

[bluePedal2]

Hey do u have any videos on high notes and really low oct. Notes,, i know how to play alittle alto sax, soprano sax and flute but my main instrument is clarinet and im trying to learn oboe. Im a fast learner so do u mind making the videos alittle longer with more notes. Cause i knew this already. ^_^

[japanluvinmango]

Would it be easy to switch to oboe if you played saxophone before?

[therosalina91]

im ashamed of myself i cant even make a sound >.<

[lolztillirolz47]

thanks man real helpful!

[dreamhorsey]

i found this video really helpful! i just got my oboe a couple days ago so i dont really know what i am doing but can you make anyother video of more notes to learn. when i look online for ones they are so confusing. my mom saids no lessons untill i know more. please help!!???!?!?!?!

[rickyypancakes]

hi,,,,I'm switching from sax to oboe, i know somewhat of flute... I'm going to be a senior next year in wind ensemble do you think i should have this instrument down by concert season? I'm a pretty fast learner...

[ikertznus]

can you write a simple oboe piece in f major? or c major? :D playing f natural is something i need to get used to xD

[ELDiablo563]

whats the fingering for F nateral?

[fappyyplox]

I love this.

You're funny, and very informative.

I think I spelled informative wrong.

I dono.

[WeirdBoo]

@Contian1001

Also, don't get the mentality of giving up your native instrument. When I learned the tenor, I sucked, and I realized I should've just stuck to the oboe and english horn, which I barely made all region on due to this. Being tri-instrumental isn't easy, and in your case, I would just suggest playing the sax, since it is a single reed, similar to the clarinet, not the oboe. The oboe would just take too long to learn, especially for concert band...

[WeirdBoo]

@Contian1001

I've heard of an Oboe player switching to tenor sax or clarinet (that's what I did) but not the other way around. It will probably screw up your embochure and fingerings. All of the habits you're used to will have to be broken, for example, some clarinets don't tongue. You can't get away with that on the oboe. I'm sure it's possible to switch, just look at the video, but don't make the common mistake of assuming the clarinet and oboe are similar to play just because of looks.

[jaciepetty13]

heyy. i love music so im always learning new instruments on my own. ive played flute since fifth grade and now im a freshman in high school. i tought myself sax last year with youtube videos and i wasnt that hard. so im learning the oboe on my own. do you have any tips for me??

[shadowluv4eva]

Has anyone had issues with cracking their reed when tounging? I heard about it online,'I'm just sarting and I don't wanna be cracking reeds which are so expensive

[tijuanamarisol666]

"I'm just gonna cut the bullshit, you can't play any songs with 4 notes" hahahaha nice! XD

[Contian1001]

my band teacher just got an oboe and she said that i could try to play it. i am on the clarient, and i really want to play the sax, do you think i could play both an oboe and a sax for band and jazz band?

[bandgeek1194]

That was a very useful video-- I'm a flute player and I've been playing for like 6 years now, but I also want to learn oboe. Any Suggestions for my embouchure? thanks :)

[dreamcookie18]

Thanks for this and the other video. I'm playing an Oboe for my school's spring concert, so I am researching the instrument. Thanks to you, I already have 4 fingerings down :) Any tips for a 9th grade beginner? (I'm switching from clarinet, by the way.)

[zeelelynn]

i love oboes

[Preapoka]

I love oboes and their sound.. I'm thinking about borrorwing an oboe from school and I'm playing the clarinet. What should I know about the embouchure?

[ucallmevampirefreak]

@Preapoka I play clarinet right now im switching to obeo now :) i use to play bassoon and they have the same reed just diff. sizes......its a pretty easy transition in embouchure. i say its prob. easier to keep ur embouchure

[Preapoka]

I love oboes and their sound.. I'm thinking about borrorwing an oboe from school and I'm playing the clarinet. What should I know about the embouchure.

[Ty6668]

So I've been playing Clarinet, Flute and Saxophone for the past 3 years, would you say that going to the oboe would be a difficult transition such as the embouchure and the fingerings, or are most of the fingerings like the flute and sax?? because in the next few weeks im going to start learning it.. any tips??

[XxFlowmotionxX]

Wait, are you supposed to lay your teeth on the reed?

[Riceball512]

kool it's kinda like flute but not cus flute uses less air and is play sidways and goes higher but fingering it kinda the same

[annewalshcoach]

I have never played any sort of musical instrument at all. I am a total music novice but while listening a music competition where someone played the oboe, I felt drawn to the instrument. What would you recommend..should I start with the oboe or clarinet? I see that many people mention starting with the clarinet... or what advice would you give me?

[Bassoonchick68]

I've played bassoon for a few years, and this summer my goal is to learn oboe as well. So i was wondering how similar bassoon and oboe are to each other in terms of playing?

[testingJustin]

Ok, so I play Clarinet really well, and all three saxes pretty decently. I'm getting an oboe in 2 days or less. My teacher is confident that I'll pick it up as quick as I did the saxes (overnight), but I'm not so sure about that. Any advice before I start? Do I need a tight or loose embouchure? Is it more similar to the clarinet or sax? Thanks

[IscaredROCK]

ima swich from clarinet to oboe on tuesday

[enVme731]

I dont get the Embouchure, you hold you lips really far back like playing a really high note on a brass, then you shut your moth closed with your teeth touching, then the reed goes between your two lips? =/

[Babbit93]

thankies! oboe is so much fun to play i can already play b flat scale mostly thanks to flute b/c i played that for 8 yrs and there are similar fingerings

[AquaBlue10]

GOD you flutes get EVERYTHANG!!

jk i luv flutes!

[Riceball512]

@Babbit93 i play flute to i've been playing for eight years as well i hope i can get my own oboe that would be awsome im learning it in my music class

[heslop01]

The G - B notes are the same as flute! :D

[lennic95]

All the first octave notes are the same except F and F#.

[btosm14]

Can you do a video on controlling your volume on the oboe

[0118shecky]

can you try to play some oboe solo or duet with flute i play both

plz take into condsideration : )

[FunkkyPanda]

This was very helpful since I got an oboe for christmas today :D

[wakabump66]

please more vids on the fingerings and how can u tell how hard a reed is?

[wakabump66]

more videos about fingering!!!!!

[GlossyMenthaShine]

oboes sound like ducks :) quack quack....so do clarinets sometimes:)... thats why i play bass clarinet, it sounds like a bigger duck when you squeek xD

[tollie123321]

hahahahaha :) but oboes dont sound like ducks when youre good!! :P

[decimal495]

@GlossyMenthaShine Haha yeah, today I just started playing oboe in band class and when I first got a sound out of it, my friend excitedly shouted "IT SOUNDS LIKE A DUCK!"

[InstrumentsYAY]

@decimal495 That happened to me when I started in sixth grade. Now if anyone says that, I flip out. lol, temper problems come with double reed instruments... JKLOL That's a stereotype! Kinda... But I'm in ninth grade (started in sixth grade), and now I don't sound like a duck. You'll randomly wake up one day and be good, and I'm not even kidding! XD

[HamperedKnave2]

@GlossyMenthaShine Wow! You totaly missed the whole purpose of music. It doesn't even sound like your passionate about music. It sounds like playing an instrument to you is just something to do when your bored. Why even play an instrument with an attitude like that.

[HamperedKnave2]

@GlossyMenthaShine We need more variety in bands and orchestras. Obes and Bassoons are some of the most scarce instruments.

[LeagueMinistry]

can u play lean on me on the oboe please and try to make it easy

[mmplunkett]

your reed sounds hard.. or maybe it's just the quality of the video. haha.

[superkid2468]

this video was so helpful. i just got my oboe today and had so much trouble getting an actual sound out, so thanks a bunch!

[kath8462]

i need help. i went to the store & i didn't realize that they gave me a hard reed. i just started today. can you help me? my mom won't spend more money to get a new reed. i think my head is going to explode off my body.

[ilovewilsonal]

Aw..That must SUCK! On the first day i started it felt like that, but I cant imagine having a HARD reed,It sucks that the reed is so expensive!!!!

[xxxDeArMoRnInGxxx]

This video was really helpful to me. It was the 1st time I got notes out out an oboe sucessfully (this is the second day i have had the instrument)

[ttay1122]

Oh god, I want to learn oboe so bad!

the only one i can get a hold of is my high schools oboe, and Its not in working order

:P

[oneoakenseed]

thanks for replying...do you apply pressure to the reed with you lips or are you just letting the reed go free....i can get some cool vibratoes when i mess with the pressure but i dont think its right...i actually tried shaving the reed thinner and it helped though i still get cut out notes...and still pretty much blowing a nut everything i play...you have any experiance playing a bombard?

[korbat12]

this has helped a lot I just got my oboe!!!

[sandles88]

that was awsome i just got my obeo today THANKS HELPED ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[lizclo1]

thank you now i can impress my teacher when i start classes

! i just got my oboe yesterday!

[seonidh]

Great video please keep them coming.

[oneoakenseed]

i just picked up a bombard and its also a double reed. first time using a reeded instrument so i was wondering is it suppose to be really hard to get the noise out of the reed. it seems like i am working way to hard to get notes. i soaked the reed in water and let it dry and then i wet it again and try using it and it is just way too hard to get the notes. is there some kidn of trick to it ? i go to play a tune and i get through one riff and my head almost explodes due to the pressure lol

[kristinaheckel]

There is a bit of a trick to it. When i first started out with my double reed instrument, i felt like my head was going to blow right off my head. The trick is to keep your back straight when you blow into the reed. Fold your lips over your teeth, and place it right in the middle of your bottom lip. Make sure that you soak the reed in warm water for at least 1-2 minutes. Try not to ever exceed more than three minutes(it messes up the reed.) Good luck(:

[Giqantic]

If your teacher can shave down your reed that would also help ALOT.

My teacher always adjusts my reeds:) Good old Rosey.

[CesarBM2]

how does the high E on the 4th space and the higher notes supose to sound

[lydialolly]

please

what is my oboe model ?il has 4 metal keys for the left little finger...( 5 on most oboes fotos). 3 keys for the right little finger..right hands rings looks like clarinet- left keys look like oboe.. it has a octave key -can i play a 3rd space C with a flute fingering?

i play flute-sax- clarinet

i am mixing fingerings...

thank you ;)

[LineRiderRocks96]

Hello i am getting an oboe in about a week and are switching from trumpet ( i teach myself these things) and band director says i progress faster than normal people musically. Are there any tips i should know??

[InstrumentManiac]

yeah you have a lot of work ahead of you. Good luck, watch my two vids and if you still have questions PM me. Personally I would switch to clarinet before trying oboe (it was a tough enough for me and I specialize in woodwinds)

[Anthony2595]

@InstrumentManiac Your treble clef is drawn wrong ;p If you take any kind of music theory/composition class in college they will mark it wrong if its that sloppy, or the curves dont cross the write lines. The treble clef is also known as the G cleff.

[evanphotograph]

Nice, can you do a chromatic scale?

[smtiellgopher]

Is there a thumb key on the oboe?

[joethemusician]

only on a thumblate system (common in the UK but nowhere else really). so the real answer is no...not on the most common system of oboe (which most of us play on).

[acaciaxtract]

Are the fingerings the same as the flute for the most part? [I HAET THESE COMMENT LIMIT THINGS]

[joethemusician]

E, G, Ab, A, B are the same and the low D is the same...there are some similarities but some really different things (C is 1 and 1 and Bb is 1 and 1 2). Its best to check in with an oboist...they can teach you :)

[OoMrBenoO]

the first note on the card was a B not a G.

lol.

[InstrumentManiac]

No I think you got your clefs mixed up at 1:05 that is definately a G : P

[OoMrBenoO]

i see what i saw.

when you were holding up the card i was looking at the note that was filled in, but you finger was next to the note you were playing and it was G.

[InstrumentManiac]

oh that note isn't filled in I just drew it too small :P

[OoMrBenoO]

that would explain it.

haha.

[lennic95]

@OoMrBenoO The clefs formed from the original letter name they had and the treble clef is called a G clef. The infamous shape formed from the letter G and curls around the 2nd line which is therefore the note G. Same for the bass clef (letter F), the dots, formed from the two horizontal lines in the capital F, are around the 4th line which is the note F.

[HamperedKnave2]

@OoMrBenoO It's a G.

[LostHero10]

Are you going to post up part 2 soon?

[InstrumentManiac]

watch my vlog and you will understand why I havnt been

[rosyrosalie]

cool videos! i have been playing clarinet for about 4 yrs, 2 in marching band. and i was hoping to start learning how to play oboe for concert season, what would be your recommendations. i don't know if i should just stay with clarinet but i really like the oboe...would it be a hard switch?

[InstrumentManiac]

I would go for it, if you have the fingerings down, all you have to work on is embrochure

[russelltrout]

Thanks mate, i'm just learning the Oboe and found your vid helpful,dont presume i can read music because i cant,its my first instrument too.I would appreciate it if you could give us a very basic tune to repeat over and over again for practise. thanks again,keep the vids coming, Dan UK.

[Penguinfreakusuk]

your an awesome oboe player! I just think you talked alittle too much... but thats not bad! anyways... do you think you could put a video on showing how to get a good sound? because thats really difficult :P

[InstrumentManiac]

thanks I appreciate it, I'll tone down the talking

[musikfric]

it would be great if u can teach us how to play the high notes starting from g above the staff and on. Thanku this is great!

[ty96gersh]

hi its ty96gersh that was asom!!!!!!!!!!! do u think u could u play ode to joy thanx :)