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 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:38 pm
Hi there, I am going to aquire yet another instrument to play and I want to know what you think. Should I play a Bassoon or an Oboe? I already play a Clarinet, Alto Sax., and Flute, so this will be my fourth instrument... I can learn any complexity.... Thanks ^^
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:29 pm
Honestly, I play the oboe, and I love it. I love the sound of it, and I don't htink its that hard.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:29 pm
personally, i would prefer to learn the bassoon.
i just find it fascinating and has a great sound.
one of my good friends plays it, and i think its great.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:27 am
Clarinet, Alto and flute are all high instruments. As is oboe so I would go for bassoon to balance you out a bit. But if you just prefer high instruments then learn oboe.
Do you need to read bass clef for bassoon? It's a useful thing to be able to do anyway.
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:34 pm
I would never touch a double reed just because it's a double reed.
Way too expective and so much work to keep the reed going ><
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:40 pm
I'm badly learning the oboe right now. I'm teaching myself so it's kind of hard, but I'm slooooooowly getting the hang of it. I'd try bassoon to kind of balance out the high/low thing like ice_illusion said.
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:58 pm
I play the Oboe and damn proud! haha I think you should learn the oboe first, then the bassoon!
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:23 pm
Maybe you should take into account the fact that oboes can sound like a duck on helium. But if you play other instruments you have probably realised that harmonics exist so I guess you'd be ok.
I only heard the oboe played properly for the first time a few months ago. All the pupil oboes gave up before they got to a decent standard. (A biology teacher joined (concert) band)
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:03 pm
I say the Oboe.
Mainly because I play it. x33;
And it's pretty hard to get good at.
So, if you master it, you can be all
HAHA, I RULE YOU SUCK. >=D
That's what I do.
I'm evil. <33
But the Bassoon seems interesting aswell.
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:05 pm
I'd go with bassoon. I jumped from clarinet to bassoon, and I found some of the fingerings relativly similar.
You have to learn to read bass clef though.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:08 am
Aren't oboes extremely expensive though, with bassoons even more?
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:18 pm
I play oboe, but bassoon would be fun, but right now I'm laerning trombone for marching band. Flute and Alto have some of the same fingerings as oboe, so just pick one.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 2:29 pm
i went from clarinet to trumpet to bassoon, and i found the bassoon fingerings were harder than i was used to (going from 3 valves to like 30 keys.. sweatdrop ). i've heard that flute and oboe fingerings are extremely similar, so i guess it depends on if you want a challenge or not.
personally, i think they both have an amazing sound when played well, so either would be fine. go double reeds!
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:37 pm
Oboe all the way! But my friend is a basson player too,
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:47 pm
I play bassoon and a little oboe, so it depends if you want to learn bass clef, unless you already know it. Oboe is more like flute and bassoon more like clarinet. It pretty much depends on what you prefer. I love bassoon, and oboes fun too, so either way it will be good.
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