ProfJames
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If you can play the saxophone how much more difficult or easy to play is the oboe?
Sad. It is true that Oboes need an extremely high pressure and it may cause some dizziness. You get used to it. Just make sure you learn a proper breathing technique. It will soon become 2nd nature. May I encourage you to try to start again. The world has far too few goodenough oboists 😉. If you still have the compassion for it you'll overcome all the obstacles.I wanted to play the oboe when I was a kid but someone convinced my father that oboe players are prone to getting TB(!) so I ended up with a clarinet.
I was a first study Oboist at music college, second study clarinet and sax. Having taken up Clarinet at 12, then Sax, then Flute and finally at age 17, Oboe, I discovered that I had an affinity for the Oboe and progressed quickly.If you can play the saxophone how much more difficult or easy to play is the oboe?