Intermediate Band – Oboe

Also look for the general Intermediate Band post from Mr. Dan.

 

Needed materials:

• Oboe swab (long, thin, usually silk cloth to clean out your instrument).
• Minimum of 2 GOOD reeds
• Tuner (I prefer stand-alone [not smartphone/internet], chromatic tuners. Clip-on are fine.)
• Oboe neck strap to alleviate wrist pain. Here’s the one I recommend (Sold in music stores and many other places online as well.)

This Week’s Assignment:

To Seek the Glorious – Work the difficult intervals especially! For the difficult trill (Db-Eb), check out this chart of fingerings: http://wfg.woodwind.org/oboe/ob_tr2_2.html.

EE Book 2 pages 8-9.

Remember to bring both Patriotic Favorites and Film Favorites with you next week.

 

Practice smart!

Successful practice time:

1. Quiet space
2. All materials present
3. Good Posture
4. Warm up with deep breaths for 1-2 minutes (10 seconds in, 10 seconds out)

Successful music practice:

1. Look for time signature, key signature(s), tempo(s), dynamics, and accidentals.
2. Clap, tap, or buzz rhythm before playing.
3. Silently finger/position through the piece in tempo.
4. Play through the exercise.
5. If you can play through it 4x without a mistake you have mastered it.