I use Adams Joshua ++, as well as RDG GIlbert 1

Thank you

He is using a F.Lorée Royal oboe

Abby Royall Ive played oboe since I was in 6th grade. Now Im 22. I would definitely say practice practice practice. Specifically scales and holding long tones. Scales to improve your technique and muscle memory. And long tones to really strengthen your embouchure and enhance your tone.

Bruh, learn whatever you want whenever you want to. Maybe flute might help with scales and breathing. But seriously do whatever. I read I couldn’t teach myself viola if I hadn’t played violin. Here I am, teaching my self viola without having played violin.

Before I began to study the oboe, I played bassoon. Still do, as a matter of fact. Trust your instincts. You'll surprise everyone who says, "You must do this or that". Then you can think, 'I told you so'.

I played the recorder for one or two years before playing the oboe, and although it helped with general musical skills and some of the fingerings, it's not a requirement. Often they let children practice a less physically straining instrument before going to the oboe, simply because it asks a lot of our lungs, lips and diaphragm. But definitely after 10 years old, you can start right away on the oboe no problem!

Sasha Zekus Hi, Eugene is using a Loree Royal oboe with the A extension joint. Look for the C, B, B flat and A pads on the bottom joint. On others of these videos he uses the usual Loree Royal going down to bottom B flat. Geoff Bridge. Chair of the British Double Reed Society

Ditto, friend. But keep plucking away and eventually it will come. The oboe is easily, by far, the most frustrating instrument I have played; however, once conquered it is the most rewarding of pursuits.

I quit a month ago.

my friends said it was a duck

Well, sometimes walking away for a time is not a bad thing, but you might pick it up again. I've been at it for almost ten years and still struggle (I'm 57-years-old now). I am considering joining a community band in the spring (my oboe teacher - a very patient one believes that I am ready for the experience). Of course it sounds like a duck...but when you advance then it takes on that sound which can be enchanting and desirable. Good luck in whatever final decision you make. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Charles Cobern Have you tried changing your reed?

Jasa I don’t think so