Dynamics

Blog | Rachel Broadbent Oboist

Holliger! My inspiration when growing up!

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.....

Never hold back!

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...

Top notes - you don't have to pull faces to play them!

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...

Please don't just play the notes! Listen!

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...

Pulse.... We all have one!

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...

Every piece of music tells a story.

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...

Always be more Dynamic

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...