Technical Basics of Oboe Playing: Major Edition

A series of scale studies in major keys designed for students, professionals, and amateurs alike to engage in effective practicing. Includes interval exercises for the coordination of the fingers, intonation, legato, and more.

This book is a collection of tried and tested exercises, which will enable you to acquire an effective and comprehensive technique. They are systematically arranged and alternate “flowing” exercises, which train fluency and consistency, with “repeated” exercises, which improve the precision of difficult finger movements.

The following exercises appear in each key:

1. Scale, possible variations, five-note scale, scale with auxiliary note

2. Thirds (four exercises)

3. Fourths (four exercises)

4. Staccato

5. Arpeggio, with variation

The book will conclude with exercises which target the embouchure and air flow, as well as intonation exercises from Ralf-Jörn Köster and a sound- and legato- exercise from Albrecht Mayer.

84 stitch-bound pages, a wonderful supplement to daily practice for oboe players of almost every level.