Oboe

From your first reeds to your first melodies — work through it in order, or jump to wherever you are today.

Assembly, Posture, & Maintenance

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Breathing

Introductory Breathing Guide view →download ↓

Embouchure

Embouchure Guide view →download ↓

First Sounds

Intonation

Tone Trainer

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First five

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Oboe Tuning Tendencies

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Note Reading & Fingerings

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Articulation

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Basic Rhythms

Level 1

Quarter & Eighth Notes

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Scales

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First Songs

1C or F major5 songs2C, F, or G major5 songs3C, F, G, B♭, or D major5 songs4C, F, G, D, or B♭ major5 songs5A, E♭, E, or A♭ major, and D minor5 songs

Listening

Solo OboeOboe and PianoBaroqueClassicalRomanticContemporary / ModernJazzBIPOC ComposersBIPOC PerformersWomen ComposersWomen PerformersElectronic / TapeOboe in Popular MusicLIVEOrchestral RecordingsOboe EnsembleChamber MusicSuggest a Genre / Pieceget in touch →

Reed Maintenance

Orchestral Excerpt List

excerptChoose an excerpt…Bach: Cantata No. 56Bach: Cantata No. 82 ('Ich Habe Genug')Beethoven: Symphony No. 3Beethoven: Symphony No. 9Berlioz: Roman Carnival OvertureBerlioz: Romeo and JulietBerlioz: Symphonie fantastiqueBizet: Symphony in C MajorBrahms: Symphony No. 1Brahms: Symphony No. 2Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56aBrahms: Violin ConcertoDebussy: La MerDvořák: Symphony No. 7Dvořák: Symphony No. 9Mahler: Das Lied von der ErdeMahler: Symphony No. 3Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 'Jupiter'Ravel: Le Tombeau de CouperinRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35Rossini: La Scala di Seta OvertureSchubert: Symphony No. 9Schumann: Symphony No. 2Strauss: Don JuanStravinsky: Pulcinella SuiteTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4Wagner: Parsifal

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