Teaching my husband how to play the OBOE

Hello oboists and oboe fans! In this video I teach my husband Peter how to be an oboist! Peter had never been allowed to play the oboe before so here I take him from a complete beginner all the way to an accomplished player, empowering him to perform the cherished melody, Hot Cross Buns.
We go over oboe finger placement, oboe embouchure, reed alone exercises, how to tongue, and we learn the requisite notes (G, A, B) to be able to play Hot Cross Buns. Stay tuned to the end for the BLOOPERS!
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[@dansodre]

He actually made some noise! Congratulations!

[@AndyF.-kq1cq]

He made sound, not noise!

[@amyoboe1]

Super cute! I'm totally calling my practice space the oboerarium from now on. My new favorite word.

[@sybil-roxanneclemons1333]

Absolutely.

[@skjumpers]

Not letting my man anywhere near my clarinet! #butterfingers

[@jeywithane130]

this was v wholesome. so patient and encouraging! :D

[@BalantxGraficos]

my first oboe lesson was 42 years ago. the beginning with the oboe is very difficult. and the continuation is even more so. I really enjoyed the video thanks

[@hedyrudne647]

Great teacher and student! Love to see that Hot Cross Buns is still in vogue.

[@IHateOboeReedsOboe]

He's a natural!

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

This is awesome! I've been thinking of getting an oboe--even though I'm old and a complete beginner! But this gives me hope! As others said below, this is wholesome and cute--and informative!

[@ac41913]

I started my oboe journey when I am in 40s. And completed g5 Abrsm exam n hoping to finish g8 before getting to 50s….. 😄

[@DwainRichardson]

You’re never too old to start learning an instrument. I picked up the bassoon last year. Still playing one year later-at the end of my thirties. All you need is the time and inclination. Best of luck! 👍

[@katwatson007]

I love this! I really want to make a video of me teaching my pilot boyfriend how to play the flute XD

[@oboeari]

Do it!! Haha

[@ninjaaron]

There is definitely tension in this relationship about holding the oboe.

[@oboeari]

You're not wrong 🤣

[@rosefaceddoll1863]

Lucky him, professional teacher and instrument ❤

[@Skitdora2010]

Husband should go back to playing violin. I stopped playing oboe after my wonderful teacher committed suicide in 5th grade but I picked it back up after 2 decades and regained my prior playing (like riding a bike) and self taught the rest of the octaves. I sometimes picture my teacher when I play and imagine I am honoring him by keeping his teaching used and appreciated. The basics he taught and the basics are the fundamentals everything is built off of.

[@awhhKitty531]

Part 2 yesssssss

[@LuxordGenius]

I just found you and I am so happy I did. I played Oboe back in Middle School then switched to Bassoon for Highschool and some college. Now not having a Bassoon anymore without the worry of pulling out a car loan to buy one, I recently bought a Rosewood Oboe to get back to playing within the same family. HOWEVER, I have always wanted to learn how to make a reed!!!! So if you put a tutorial together from beginning to end and the tools you use / where you bought them I WOULD BE SO HAPPY to learn. I see other tutorials I just think your persona is more my style.

[@oboeari]

I will get to it for sure!! Thanks Zachary!

[@LuxordGenius]

oboeron THANK YOU!!! Also, have you ever played on the “Copper Wright Professional Oboe Reed”? I just bought two medium hard reeds. Hoping it sounds better then the random reed my Oboe came with...

[@oboeari]

@@LuxordGenius I'm not familiar with that particular reed, but professional quality reeds should work much better than a store bought!

[@LuxordGenius]

@@oboeari Thank you! One more for ya, how important do you find an Oboe with a Split D-key. Mine has every mechanic possible in an Oboe, literally every key combination, however, the only mechanical difference is it doesn't have the Split D-Key

[@oboeari]

@@LuxordGenius the split D is not super important for a beginner or intermediate player, but is more critical for an advanced or professional player. It allows you to have an in-tune D#-E trill, and has the option for a "Philadelphia high D" which makes it easier for the high D to come out in tune and for it to respond more easily.

[@micaylaolson9667]

I’ve been playing flute for 5 years now and decided I wanted to start playing oboe also. Today was my first day playing and I learned 7 notes. It is really interesting to compare the differences and similarities between flute and oboe. And for me personally I think that the switch went really well.

[@limbosystem]

Came for the oboe tutorials, staying for this wholesome and adorable content.

[@carolynking4828]

I've just taken up the oboe a week ago, and I really love it! It was my birthday last week, and my hubby took me to a lovely music shop not far from us where I was able to try one out. To our complete delight, I managed to get almost a scale just like I did more than 20 years ago when I tried my nephew's oboe for the first time. So it was agreed with Britten's Music that I could rent an oboe for 6 months trial, to see how I get on. So far this week I have learned to play one octave of C major, and I have a lovely book to learn with which has it's own online audio track to play along with. I've been practising pretty much daily, and I'm really enjoying playing. I will keep you posted on my progress, and of course I will be following your fantastic teaching dear Ron. Bless you lots! Very best wishes from Carolyn (all the way over across the pond in the UK)!

[@Mulitmusician92]

That's such a cute video! :-)

[@jonathanrio6587]

ADORABLE!!!!! what a great couple! You two are so lucky and I hope you are happy as can be! GREAT video! How is Peter's playing now???

[@oboerific]

I knew the husband before he was an oboist!

[@oboeari]

true!!

[@RowlWool]

I would like to try to play oboe or another woodwind or brass instrument, but it seems so hard lol Been playing guitar and piano for years and wanted to try something new

[@oboeari]

Do it, you got this!!

[@ethanthemanman]

I have always wanted to play the oboe. my mom wants me to play clarinet. when I brought it up to her about playing other instruments besides clarinet I got yelled at. I may get to play it this year in band class though. if I don't get scolded for not playing the same instrument for 4 years in a row.

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

There's a lot fewer oboists out there than clarinetists. Less supply of oboists, vs the demand for them. Why is your mom so set on the clarinet?

[@ethanthemanman]

@@lizziesmusicmaking eh idk anymore. I've been learning oboe for a while now. goin good

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

@@ethanthemanman I'm glad. Hope it continues to go well for you.

[@angelicacone5213]

Yessss petterrrrrrrr

[@Alex-zz1lw]

And I thought my oboe was broken😅 The instrument is definitely a very difficult one to learn.

[@oboeari]

You can do it!

[@carolknepp5791]

Can you please suggest a good place to buy reeds?

[@oscarwattsoboe]

Howarth of London

[@carolynking4828]

Is the oboe suitable for someone with small hands? I'm a petite lady of nearly 58 (it's my birthday tomorrow), and I have very small hands. I'm struggling to learn the clarinet, and just wondered if the oboe would be easier? I'm probably way off beam with this daft question, but I would be very interested to hear your views. I got a note out of my nephew's oboe straight away years ago, and then actually ended up playing nearly an octave which was a huge surprise to us both! This was about 20 years ago when my nephew was just a teenager, and it was his birthday, so we had a musical afternoon together which was so lovely! I play flute, piano, church organ, soprano and alto saxophone and a very little clarinet. I've been a musician since the age of 6 when I took up the piano. Your advice would be very much appreciated please.

[@chimesmusicandvideoproduct370]

Lightly Row is the next step...it's in every beginner book of any musical instrument.

[@DrQuizzler]

Look at you with your fancy left-hand F key!! Based on our shared given name, you and I could be KZbin namesakes, had my history with the oboe not ended back in 1979, when I sold my Selmer Signet after two fun years of advancing and playing. Here's me playing my EWI badly with oboe fingerings as proof. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6jbqIqMhrOSj80 I'm awful at it, but I gotta stay connected to my old oboe-life. So you taught your hubby how to crow a high C, to hold the instrument, and to play a basic G-A-B song. It looks like you left Pete on his own about how to make the embouchure. I was taught to drop my jaw, then to make a fish-face, then to connect with the reed. He had clearly never played a wind instrument, because the lung air support was a little spotty, but for a single 10-minute lesson in real time, he did a great job.

[@lofwyr5063]

So, who's the husband?

[@dc8955]

I am in awe if I tried to teach my hubby the violin it would end in divorce.

[@sybil-roxanneclemons1333]

I didn't find the oboe difficult @ all as a child.

[@Skitdora2010]

Me neither. The flute I could not get a note out of, but Sax and oboe were both intuitive and easy to blow notes out of.

[@mariegarcia9834]

OMG the reeds be careful that break so easily and they cost a lot of money 💴 🥲

[@oboeari]

I know right!! Haha

[@mariegarcia9834]

Yeah 🤣🤣🤣

[@carolynking4828]

I have to say that playing the oboe is easier than the clarinet because you don't have to stretch your fingers so much on the oboe, and I have really tiny hands and find the clarinet difficult. Crossing the break on the clarinet is very difficult, although I'm working on it. I'm really enjoying the oboe, and my sound is getting stronger. Big change in embouchure of course, but I'm getting on ok. I will keep you posted how I get on. Have a lovely weekend!

[@stuntieviking4666]

Refreshingly bad - but in a good way. It is a proper total newbie sounding like a total newbie. Just Like how I sound on my oboe. Yes I'm a newbie to oboe too, and yes I sound that bad too. So often you get 'how to play' videos from someone who's been playing for years and have developed their sound and skills. And they play smoothly and perfectly from the get go. And you sit there cringing at how bad you sound in comparison, as you have no real 'newbie starter sound level' to gauge yourself by. It's only when you hear others at that early stage you can see that it's not just you. And that makes those early stages more bearable, as you know you will get better as you practice.

[@zinkmystic88]

this is painful

[@oboeari]

lol why did you watch?

[@tylerbenson750]

I started my oboe at 29, and I was always told that it's toooo late... 🤦‍♂️