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At the start of your child’s practice session do help them check the reed and prepare it for playing.

Routines have gone out of the window in most respects so continuing something from that old routine could really help.

How are oboe reeds made? Hopefully this will show you a little about the whole process.

When I was growing up in the 1970's and 1980's I used to listen to a lot of oboe recordings. These were on record and tape mostly.....

I'm sure you would expect my first post to be of an oboist, but no! It is hugely important to listen to lots of different music, styles...

To all my lovely students, When I teach you high notes why do you all pull odd faces while trying to play them and then look at me and...

When playing the oboe don't just play the notes and assume that because your fingers are hitting the right keys the right notes will be...

Dear Students, I really hope you have all had a wonderful summer holiday. I am sure many of you have found it full of fun, excitement,...

In the past week or so you probably went to your first oboe lesson and came home full of all sorts of new information about how to put it...

I know, you've all gone yuck the moment you read the title. Well, most of you did. Believe it or not there are people out there that love...

Now, lovely students, you are all very clever, making good progress learning music and coping well with the oboe but why do most of you...

Now answer this honestly... How many of you have actually thought about what the piece of music you are playing is trying the express? I...

At the end of each lesson we ask you to practise. What many of you do is go home and PLAY THROUGH and I'm afraid this isn't good...

I've talked about this a bit in a previous blog post but it can never be said too many times..... Its all about the details and it really...

Dynamics! We talk about them so often but what are they and how do we do them? They are the markings in the music telling us to play...