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Rachel Broadbent
Mar 27, 20205 min read
Parents guide to an oboists reed crisis!
At the start of your child’s practice session do help them check the reed and prepare it for playing.
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20204 min read
The joy of REEDS!
How are oboe reeds made? Hopefully this will show you a little about the whole process.
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20202 min read
Holliger! My inspiration when growing up!
When I was growing up in the 1970's and 1980's I used to listen to a lot of oboe recordings. These were on record and tape mostly.....
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20201 min read
Top notes - you don't have to pull faces to play them!
To all my lovely students, When I teach you high notes why do you all pull odd faces while trying to play them and then look at me and...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20203 min read
Back to school and the word beginning with 'p'.
Dear Students, I really hope you have all had a wonderful summer holiday. I am sure many of you have found it full of fun, excitement,...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20204 min read
You chose to play the oboe! Hurrah!!
In the past week or so you probably went to your first oboe lesson and came home full of all sorts of new information about how to put it...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20207 min read
Scales, they don't have to be boring!
I know, you've all gone yuck the moment you read the title. Well, most of you did. Believe it or not there are people out there that love...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20202 min read
Pulse.... We all have one!
Now, lovely students, you are all very clever, making good progress learning music and coping well with the oboe but why do most of you...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20203 min read
Every piece of music tells a story.
Now answer this honestly... How many of you have actually thought about what the piece of music you are playing is trying the express? I...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20205 min read
Practise, not play through.
At the end of each lesson we ask you to practise. What many of you do is go home and PLAY THROUGH and I'm afraid this isn't good...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20204 min read
Listen, Listen and Listen again!
I've talked about this a bit in a previous blog post but it can never be said too many times..... Its all about the details and it really...
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Rachel Broadbent
Jan 5, 20204 min read
Always be more Dynamic
Dynamics! We talk about them so often but what are they and how do we do them? They are the markings in the music telling us to play...
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