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 Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:58 pm
Well, I've been playing oboe for about six months now, and I need some help. I've been playing saxophone for five years, and oboe just doesn't feel...natural? It's starting to get better, but for runs (which made me completely fail my last playing test) my fingers just don't want to work...I've tried slowing it down, and speeding up each time I play it, but that hasn't been working. I just feel really bad about it, because it just seems like I'm holding everyone back...plus all of our playing tests have been things I can't play, so I really just want to get better so people don't think I suck...(I've been told I have a good sound, though? xd )
Also, I could use some breathing tips. Whenever I play for a certain amount of time, I start to get dizzy, and it feels like I'm on laughing gas. My band director told me that it's because I'm actually hyperventilating while playing, and I need to exhale, along with breathing. But whenever I try, then I just run out of breath. D= Also, I've noticed that occasionally I'll be playing, and when I stop, my heart is beating way too fast, and it's pounding....and all the sudden it goes back to normal after around 30 seconds. Does that also deal with the hyperventilating thing?
Thanks to anyone who responds...I've basically been teaching myself oboe this whole time, so I'm not really sure with this stuff.
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:46 pm
With the notes, I'd say practice the runs as if every note was a half/quarter note at about 60, just do it over and over and over then slowly get faster and continue playing it a smidge faster over and over then get faster... and so on. As for the you not having lessons... you should try and get them because it helps so much to get tips from a pro (not to mention better reeds - even if they cost a bit more). For the breathing - listen to your BD because he sounds like he's right (and I had that problem when I started oboe too). You can't just keep huffing in air because all the CO2 you're getting is what's making you wanna pass out. You've gotta remember breath in AND BREATHE OUT!!! Otherwise your heart might stop (which again has happened to me and trust me it was not fun!) but that's very unlikely... Anyways, I hope I helped a little. Good luck on oboe!
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:53 am
practice practice practice
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:13 am
the dizzy part is how i feel when i try my sisters flute whee
i can sound decent though!
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:27 pm
Mistress Hannibal With the notes, I'd say practice the runs as if every note was a half/quarter note at about 60, just do it over and over and over then slowly get faster and continue playing it a smidge faster over and over then get faster... and so on. As for the you not having lessons... you should try and get them because it helps so much to get tips from a pro (not to mention better reeds - even if they cost a bit more). For the breathing - listen to your BD because he sounds like he's right (and I had that problem when I started oboe too). You can't just keep huffing in air because all the CO2 you're getting is what's making you wanna pass out. You've gotta remember breath in AND BREATHE OUT!!! Otherwise your heart might stop (which again has happened to me and trust me it was not fun!) but that's very unlikely... Anyways, I hope I helped a little. Good luck on oboe!
My BD's a she, actually... xd Thanks, though. I'm actually going to be working with a professional oboe player this saturday, during our band trip. I've tried just getting it faster...but I guess I'll try some more. I tried playing the stuff I can't play on someone else's oboe, and it was so much easier! I have to go from D flat to E flat a lot, and on the oboe I'm using it's really hard to make that transition.
Yeah, flutes take a lot of air for some things, from what I've been told... xd I've been told that I sound good on oboe, too. Maybe you have to feel high when playing an instrument to sound good?
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:40 pm
I had the whole dizzy headed feeling when I started playing too. After a while though I just sort of fell into the hebit of breathing in AND out when I play. Working with a pro deffinitly helps a lot. My teacher has worked me hard for 6 years but it's been worth it.
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