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Blog | Rachel Broadbent Oboist

Parents guide to an oboists reed crisis!

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

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...

Back to school and the word beginning with 'p'.

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,...

You chose to play the oboe! Hurrah!!

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...

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...

Practise, not play through.

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...

Listen, Listen and Listen again!

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...

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...