Pedagogy
Pedagogical Progression for Oboe
Citation: Pevey, Elizabeth McKeown. Pedagogical Progression for Oboe. Covey Oboes, 1998. <http://www.oboes.com/oboerepertory.html.>
Article Title: Pedagogical Progression for Oboe
Author: Elizabeth Pevey McKeown
Instrument: Oboe
Magazine or Journal Title: Covey Oboes
Summary:
a. Joseph Sellner
b. Clemente Salviani
c. A.M.R. Barret
2. Solo
a. Edlefsen
b Jay Arnold
Article Title: Pedagogical Progression for Oboe
Author: Elizabeth Pevey McKeown
Instrument: Oboe
Magazine or Journal Title: Covey Oboes
Summary:
- Beginner
- Method Books
- Kenneth Gekeler
- Edlefsen Blaine
- Rubank
- Solo
- Edlefsen
- Robert Hinchliffe
- Richardson/Craxton
- Methods
- Niemann/Labate
- Rubank
- Solo
- De Haske
- Edlefsen
- Richardson/Craxton
- Beginner-Intermediate
- Intermediate & Intermediate- Advanced
a. Joseph Sellner
b. Clemente Salviani
c. A.M.R. Barret
2. Solo
a. Edlefsen
b Jay Arnold
- Advanced
- Methods
- Salviani
- W. Ferling
- Albert Andraud
- F. Gillet
- Solo
- Tomaso Albinini
- G. F. Handel
- Domenico Cimarosa
- W. A. Mozart
- G. R. Teleman
- Orchestra ExcerptsSolo Repertoire List
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
- L. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
- c. Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Gioacchino Rossini: La scala di seta
- Orchestral Excerpts List
- Pre-Professional A-C
Common Oboe Embouchure Problems
Citation: Hilton, Lewis. Common Oboe Embouchure Problems. Band Fusion, 2010. <http://www.sgbandfusion.com/2010/09/common-oboe-embouchure-problems/.>
Article Title: Common Oboe Embouchure Problem
Author: Lewis Hilton
Instrument: Oboe
Magazine or Journal Title: Band Fusion
Summary:
Article Title: Common Oboe Embouchure Problem
Author: Lewis Hilton
Instrument: Oboe
Magazine or Journal Title: Band Fusion
Summary:
- Citing errors with embouchure before they effect the students performance
- Most often, students stretch lips into thin, straight lines
- Applies too much pressure on reed, from top and bottom instead of all around
- Balance
- Embouchure should not control reed and tone too much
- Use of diaphragm and stomach muscles to control sound and air support
- Not too tense, allow reed to be free and fluctuate
- Registers
- Tempting to have a very loose embouchure for lower notes
- Tempting to tighten embouchure in higher register
- Should remain the same from top to bottom
- Sufficient support from the upper lip
Embouchure
Citation: Claire, Eau. Embouchure. The Oboist, Oct 2, 2012. http://www.sgbandfusion.com/2010/09/common-oboe-embouchure-problems/>.
Article Title: Embouchure
Author: Eau Claire
Instrument: Oboe
Magazine or Journal Title: The Oboist
Summary:
Article Title: Embouchure
Author: Eau Claire
Instrument: Oboe
Magazine or Journal Title: The Oboist
Summary:
- Embouchure
- Describes the lips and facial muscles that surround the reed in order to play
- Important to play stable pitches, range of dynamics, and full tone
- Characteristics of good oboe embouchure
- Lips surrounding reed like whistle and airtight seal
- Never with teeth
- Rounded feeling
- Flexibility key element
- Successful permits beautiful, resonate tone
- NO puffy cheek
- Diagram of muscles of the face
- Teaching Students
- Helps students understand what successful embouchure feels like
- Exercise
- Ask student to whistle (or ask like they’re whistling)
- Chin flat, round mouth, mimic owl sound: Whoo-whoo
- Inverted whistle, drawn inward, watch for jutted jaw
- Place oboe reed on bottom lip, just very tip
- Surround reed with lips to create seal, lips as cushion for reed
- Not too tight, reed needs to vibrate, gentle support
- Have students visualize what their embouchure looks like, and feel it
- Always think round
- Exercises for young students work in reinforcing good habits
- Play with straws, use same support
- Blowing up balloons