Practise

Blog | Rachel Broadbent Oboist

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...

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...

Scales, they don't have to be boring!

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...

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...

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...