1.

You need to hold the oboe at a 45-degree angle away from your body
2. You are going to use a too syllable when you are articulating on the oboe while you have
an embouchure
3. You first are going to soak the reed in a small cup with warm water. Just make sure you
don’t get the color string that is towards the bottom of the reed wet or it will unravel.
Then you are going to push and twist the bell to the lower half of the instrument. Then
you will connect the top half of the instrument onto the lower half of the oboe and
make sure you have all of the connecting levers aligned. The last thing you are going to
do is push the reed into the reed receiver
4. Causes for a small pinched sound are, embouchure is too tight, opening of the reed tip is
too small, insufficient amount of reed in mouth, reed too worn
5. Crowing is when you put the oboe reed in your mouth and when you blow, you should
be able to hear the blades of the tip of the reed begin to vibrate. The pitches that you
hear should be an octave c.
6. You will fold your upper and lower lip and then roll your lips and reed very slightly. You
will be using both lips when you form that embouchure.
7. The English horn is a longer double reed instrument than the oboe. It is keyed in the key
of F.
8.1 You can either use fingers 1 2 3 4 5 and the fork key right next to the second finger key on
the right hand, or you can use fingers 1 2 3 4 6 and the e flat key
8.2 For third line b you are going to be just using your first finger on your left hand.
8.3 For third line b flat you are going to use fingers 1 2 and 4
8.4 For third space c you will use the first finger from your left and right hand.
8.5 For fourth line d you will half hole the first key on the left and use fingers 2 3 4 5 and 6.
8.6 You can either use half hole first finger 2 3 4 5 6 and key farthest down on the oboe, or
you can use half hole 2 3 4 5 6 and use the pinky key that is closest to the oboe in the trio
of pinky keys that is right in the middle of the oboe.
8.7 For the g above the staff you will use octave key and 1 2 and 3rd finger.

9. Fourth space E, top line F, top line F# G on top of the top line, G# on top of the top line.
10. You would use 1 2 3 4 and 6. It is used sometimes when you are transitioning from a
note to f
11. You fold you upper lip and lower lip and put just a bit of the oboe reed in-between you
upper and lower lip
12. The price is $4200, It has nickel silver keys, the instrument is made out of plastic
13. A fully conservatory oboe has all of the keys of an intermediate oboe and it adds a split
ring E-flat to E trill key
14. Select notes require that you use the small part of the first finger key. It is located at the
bottom of the first finger key. The notes that use it are C#, D, E flat
15. Place your left thumb over he octave key. Your left hand should be in a C position
16. The main thing is oiling the bore for professional players. You should go see a repair
person at a music store to deal with oiling the bore.
 17. The modified conservatory key system is used on intermediate oboes. Those types of
oboes have a left f, an f resonance key and a low b flat key
18. The oboe D’amore is a member of the oboe family and it is slightly longer than the oboe
and has a pear-shaped bell. It has a warm lyrical and mellow sound.
19. The parts of the oboe are the reed, the reed receiver, the upper joint, the bridge key,
the lower joint, and the bell
20. The plateau is a key system that the oboe can use
21. The jones oboe reed is $15.49, and the Jones artist series oboe reed is 19.95. the
Vandoren single oboe reed is $34.99. The Legere reeds European scrape $119.99
22. make sure you have a really good reed. If you don’t, then everything on the oboe is not
going to sound good.
23. The regular f fingering is 1 2 3 4 5 and the key that is in-between the 5 th and 6th key.
24. Make sure your hand is in a c position when you hold it with your right hand.
25. Make sure you have the top portion of the right side of your right thumb under the
thumb rest.
26. The notes that require the second octave key are A above the staff, A# above the staff, B
flat above the staff, B natural above the staff, and C above the staff
27. The simplified conservatory system has just the basic keys. The only two keys that are
missing are the left-hand f key and the low b flat key.
28. Whenever the oboist takes a breath and plays another passage and takes a second
breath, there is still a lot of air from that first breath.
29. You need to be somewhere in the middle of not too much reed and not too little reed.
30. Put more of the reed in your mouth.
31. Plastic oboes are made for beginner oboes. They are pretty durable. Wooden oboes are
made for intermediate players and advanced players. They require more maintenance.