Cooper Good work on the first octave of D major! Breathing Practice breathing when you're not playing the oboe this week. Do this maybe 3 or 4 times in the morning when you wake up, or before bed. This will help you increase your lung capacity! Try it standing, sitting, laying on your back. Do you feel like any one [...]
Cooper Good work on the high notes! Don't give up! Scales Dmajor Practice 1st octave slurred up and down with the metronome Try to get the transitions between the notes as smooth as possibleEven when going slowly, switch between fingerings snappily, and make sure your fingers are close to the keysFor the second octave, start at the top and play [...]
Cooper Good work on the articulation exercise. Remember to stop and take a break if it feels like something isn't working; sometimes your embouchure just needs to relax before trying it again Scales: D Major Practice this using the Barret articulation exersize 4 tongued notes on each scale note say "da da da" or "tah tah tah" to articulate legato [...]
Cooper Great work on air support today! Your tone sounded so much better when you increased the speed of the air. Try to keep that fast air going in all your playing this week, especially in the upper register. Warm up: During your warm up use the tuner and the metronome and concentrate on getting a really nice sound on [...]
Cooper Good work on the first octave of D major. This week work on the second octave up to high D - see fingerings for high C# and D below. High C sharp fingering - note open first finger (not half hole) in the left hand High D fingering - note half hole, not open on first finger of left [...]
Cooper Scales good work on D major - try to work on the next octave up to high D above the staff Gymnopédie No 1 If you can, print out the piece so you don't have to scroll to see the next pagePractice it with a metronome between 60 to 75 to the quarterPractice the transitions between the notes especially [...]
Cooper Scales (work on D major this week) Bb MajorG minor HarmonicG minor MelodicC major (2 octaves)D major Pieces: Gymnopédie No. 1 -E. Satie - Listen to some recordings on youtube! I like this one: https://youtu.be/YDm_P3mDIRoBarret Melodic Study # 1 (p. 57) Studies: Barret articulation Exercise (p. 46) Warm up: Metronome to 60, Hold each note for 4 beats - [...]
Cooper Warm up: put a metronome on 60 or use the second hand of an analogue clock (if you have one!) and play low D, middle D, High D and back down again with each note getting 4 beats. See if you can do it in one breath! Barret Forty Progressive melodies No. 1: (pg 57) Good sight reading! Try [...]
Cooper Nice work on getting Bb Major in tune! For this week: Use a metronome: https://www.musicca.com/metronome is a good online oneWarm up: Set the metronome to 60bpm and play a Low D, middle half hole D, high D, then back down to Middle D, Low D 4 beats each noteKeep an eye on your chromatic tuner to make sure that [...]