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Is the oboe more difficult to play than the french horn since oboists have to make their own reeds?
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∙ 13y ago
Both the Oboe and the French horn are both particularly difficult instruments. The fact that an oboist has to make his own reeds doesn't make it harder, but unless he's a good reed maker, he'll be unreliable. Oboe playing depends so much on the quality of the reed that you have to be very good at making them. I can't tell you much about the French horn but I think it's quite hard to place the right note before playing it, the oboe doesn't have this problem.
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∙ 12y agoThe oboe is a very difficult instrument to produce a good, musical sound on. "Playing" it is easy. But making it sound the way it's supposed to sound is the hard part, and also why you're considered gifted if you can play it that way.
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∙ 12y agoNo, both of them are extremely easy to play ... badly.
I personally like Bierce's definition of an oboe: "An instrument of torture operated by someone with cotton in his ears."
However, they aren't really that different from other woodwinds and brass instruments respectively.
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∙ 13y agoThat is an opinion. I cant say that it is the hardest but it does tend to get frustrating.
It's known as one of the hardest instruments to play along with the French horn.
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∙ 12y agoIt depends on how much you practice, and what kind of experience you have.
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∙ 12y agooboe
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