Oboe
From your first reeds to your first melodies — work through it in order, or jump to wherever you are today.
Videos and PDF resources for a better understanding of oboe assembly, performance posture, and fundamental oboe hand position.
Exercises and tips to improve musical breathing, with video and PDF material to build healthy breathing habits for performance.
Double-reed embouchure: how to support and shape the reed for a focused, centered tone.
Enable your microphone, then play each note and hold it steady until the trainer glows green — good practice for locking in pitch on a double reed. Five levels, each with a wider range and a longer hold.
Navigate the staff and identify notes and fingerings — use the tool to hide note names or fingerings, or play the game to test your knowledge of note-to-key relationships.
How to tongue cleanly between the reeds for crisp articulation.
Rhythm fundamentals with playable exercises.
Tetrachord, Major/Minor, Chromatic, Pentatonic, Whole Tone, and Blues Scales + Arpeggios — with multiple octaves, playback, and fingerings.
Twenty-five original melodies written for beginning oboists, in five levels — each one playable on the page, downloadable as a PDF, and saveable to your library.
Recordings and examples from professional oboists, by genre.
- Reed Maintenancecoming soon
Reed soaking, storage, key oiling, and an introduction to reed-making.
Standard orchestral excerpt reference.
Concertos, chamber works, and solos to work toward.
- Sight-Reading Resourcescoming soon
Links and tools to practice reading music fluently.