hey im not an oboe player, im a college clarinetist. got suggested this by the youtube algorithm. you sound wonderful and youve got a great sound! ive always admired the warmth of the oboe sound and tried to get my clarinet sound a bit more warm/round. ofc not trying to simply mimic an oboe sound tho haha
You cannot duplicate the "?" (I believe timbre is the word) of a double reed instrument with a single reed type. (Warmth does kinda cover the difference).
@@rayzhang5551 Oh no, please dont misunderstand me. I was confirming your point. Im a "scientific type" and I wish there was a way I could see the wave forms on an oscilloscope side by side and be able to understand W H A T it is that makes double reeds so different in sound. Truly I am just glad that I can still hear as much as I do. 60 years ago I was tested to be able to hear 26Khz - I could hear bats on the flight line at night around the flood lights. Now at 88 I can no longer hear any of the last 11 keys on an 88key piano (dont know the freqs.) I have to "imagine" the notes in my favorite violin concertos. PS also cant hear the first 6 bass on the piano. Protect your hearing. Machinery noise did me in.
no tempo change written in the score, guess this is an interpretation thing for that recording but I'm not a big fan, still I do love the way that theme seems to be more expansive as if there were a change in tempo in other recordings that are a little more faithful
Faithfull ? To what ? I'm not sure the job of musicians is to strictly observe the written signs. Sometimes the essential element lies elsewhere and has to be found. There is an other change of tempo in the first movement of this symphony, when the second theme starts. But many people ignore it because it is not written either.
@@calembourman2295 Totally agree with you about not strictly observing markings and looking beyond the score, but simply put if Schubert wanted a tempo change he would've written it! And there is definitely no tempo change in the 2nd theme of the first movement, as this would cause all kinds of problems/inconsistencies in the development section. Schubert even puts in a wonderful artificial rit through changing from triplet feel to duplet in the bars preceding so that any real tempo change is not necessary.
@@Sam-zt2ur it's a very subtile one, so yeah maybe this was why he didn't write it... Of course it makes the development more delicate but this is part of the richness many people just don't even dream of. But some conductors just happen to be great musicians too, and they manage to make it happen. Maybe I should try to find if any recording just shows what I'm talking about better than words.
All soul's windows opening! inspired very beautiful tone a higher plateau. A listener who has rarely listened to or fully appreciated the classical oboe. A wondrous new experience.
Excelente video. Esta sinfonía es de mis favoritas y escuchar los instrumentos de viento por separado ha sido algo que siempre me ha atraído. Este oboe suena hermoso, gracias por compartir tu talento.
Not an oboe player myself so I don't know the terminology but I love your legato playing on those long notes, the tone (intonation?) and loudness was so pleasing and even that I just had to comment!
Very nice sound and good breath control. You could go for a little more vibrato and shaping of the line to take advantage of the expressive qualities of the oboe. I recently took up the English Horn, another beautiful instrument.
I have a few questions if you’re willing to chat about them! I started oboe about half a year ago and I play in my High Schools Symphonic band for it voluntarily, i don’t have the “best” sound but it’s decent, how can i get it to be a pretty warm oboe sound like yours? Is there any secrets on air support or like quality of reeds? Lmk pleaseeee!
I am also still working on tone 😅 What I am doing currently is to work on an "O" embouchure. You can achieve this through slightly jutting out your chin and emulate the embouchure of whistling. Tone and tuning should improve drastically through this. For air support, I like to have a mental image of an open throat which allows me to get a bigger airway. My reeds are currently easy to play one which is not great for intonation so I am transitioning to harder reeds which will create a stronger sound and more stable intonation.
and you don't need to be concerned about me... I am 73, retired after 48 years of teaching music, band, choir and elementary music K-6 my last seven years... I do play in a community band - and we actually have a decent oboist... although if you were to come, we would 'find a chair for you.' :-)
Can I ask what grade you're in? I'm an 8th grade oboe player and I'm not sure when my sound will become more refined like yours so I'd at least like a estimate.
How do you get your sound to be so beautiful i have been playing oboe for two years now and i still can't get the sound right thats why i like playing lower notes
@@valeriexu5537 Thanks a lot for a very sensible answer. My question was definitely serious, even though I tried to make it a bit humorous. $3000 is a lot, yes. I looked at Thomann. Their cheapest one was a bit more than $1000, but is unfortunately made of some kind of plastic. I play saxophone, and I have a soprano, a tenor, and baritone. Maybe I should look a bit closer at the Thomann one, maybe it is good enough for me. Do you have any opinon about it being made of plastic? Is it totally out of question, or could it be ok, considering that for me it would just be a hobby thing?
Sry for the late reply! I would say if it’s just a hobby, you should just rent a plastic oboe since it wouldn’t be worth it to pay $1000. Definitely try the oboe out but it will be tough in the beginning 😅
Valerie, don't pay too much attention to the critics. You're the artist; in the end, it really only matters what you think. I could see a little self criticism in your video. That's good. It will be the key to your success. My only suggestion would be to save it for when you're not playing.
You have a nice sound, still you should try to sustain the emission a little bit more on the high notes, as well as the long ones. A nice performance though 👍👍
Hey, where were you hiding while I was teaching band, etc. I was in North Dakota... but you would have enjoyed my students... oh, and a few concession stand nights selling popcorn and poison.
Nice tone and this is not an easy piece. Try to sit back more in the chair and straight so as not to impede your breath support and just a little bit more vibrato on the slurred parts. Nice job!! Oh, and I am an oboist.
Invest in reeds that are not store bought or from amazon, participate in competitions/youth orchestra/band to motivate yourself to play more rep, and keep going despite sounding like a dying duck in the beginning 😅
I have one question for you, if rappers offer you an offer to sing along with rappers and hip-hoppers, what will you do at this moment? Then I will understand how far you understand the essence of classical music
This symphony is so beautiful and expressive, this is my favourite part of the whole opus
hey im not an oboe player, im a college clarinetist. got suggested this by the youtube algorithm. you sound wonderful and youve got a great sound! ive always admired the warmth of the oboe sound and tried to get my clarinet sound a bit more warm/round. ofc not trying to simply mimic an oboe sound tho haha
Awww thanks! clarinets pair so well with oboe
Me too lol
You cannot duplicate the "?" (I believe timbre is the word) of a double reed instrument with a single reed type. (Warmth does kinda cover the difference).
@@frederickwise5238 i get you. I wasn't trying to mimic an oboes sound, but i wanted to add more warmth to my sound
@@rayzhang5551 Oh no, please dont misunderstand me. I was confirming your point. Im a "scientific type" and I wish there was a way I could see the wave forms on an oscilloscope side by side and be able to understand W H A T it is that makes double reeds so different in sound.
Truly I am just glad that I can still hear as much as I do. 60 years ago I was tested to be able to hear 26Khz - I could hear bats on the flight line at night around the flood lights. Now at 88 I can no longer hear any of the last 11 keys on an 88key piano (dont know the freqs.) I have to "imagine" the notes in my favorite violin concertos. PS also cant hear the first 6 bass on the piano.
Protect your hearing. Machinery noise did me in.
Truly a sound that’s speaks to my soul, more so than any other instrument. I wish all of you the best.
yess oboe is one of the most soulspeaking instrutments. The solos are either during depressing/nostalgic moments or cheerful themes.
He reproducido este video tantas veces y no se si es por el sonido maravilloso del oboe o por los ojos de la intérprete.
amazing performance.. perfectly illustrated the melancholy of the 2nd movement!
thank you so much !
Whoa, your sound is amazing!
Literallyy
Schubert has an extraordinary ability to change tempo on a regular basis in his compositions. The sudden change at 0:52 is so beautiful.
agreed!
no tempo change written in the score, guess this is an interpretation thing for that recording but I'm not a big fan, still I do love the way that theme seems to be more expansive as if there were a change in tempo in other recordings that are a little more faithful
Faithfull ? To what ? I'm not sure the job of musicians is to strictly observe the written signs. Sometimes the essential element lies elsewhere and has to be found. There is an other change of tempo in the first movement of this symphony, when the second theme starts. But many people ignore it because it is not written either.
@@calembourman2295 Totally agree with you about not strictly observing markings and looking beyond the score, but simply put if Schubert wanted a tempo change he would've written it! And there is definitely no tempo change in the 2nd theme of the first movement, as this would cause all kinds of problems/inconsistencies in the development section. Schubert even puts in a wonderful artificial rit through changing from triplet feel to duplet in the bars preceding so that any real tempo change is not necessary.
@@Sam-zt2ur it's a very subtile one, so yeah maybe this was why he didn't write it... Of course it makes the development more delicate but this is part of the richness many people just don't even dream of. But some conductors just happen to be great musicians too, and they manage to make it happen. Maybe I should try to find if any recording just shows what I'm talking about better than words.
All soul's windows opening! inspired very beautiful tone a higher plateau. A listener who has rarely listened to or fully appreciated the classical oboe. A wondrous new experience.
i started playing oboe 10 months ago and im going to try this!!!
amazing btw
Amazing wonderful congratulations ❤
Excelente video. Esta sinfonía es de mis favoritas y escuchar los instrumentos de viento por separado ha sido algo que siempre me ha atraído. Este oboe suena hermoso, gracias por compartir tu talento.
Beaultiful sound
Que performance! Parabéns aqui do Brasil!
Beautiful playing. Thank you for uploading.
Beautiful piece, beautiful performance.
Parabéns, som lindo
Literally the algorithm showed me first this video, u have a completely beautiful sound 🎉
thanks for watching!
Very inspirational!
Thank you for this lovely excerpt One of my favourite symphonies - God bless you - Bill - UK
本当に素晴らしい
Hermoso. Excellent
What a beautiful sound :)
Wonderfull! Congratulations!
😃😉👍🏻🎶✨
Thanks TH-cam's algorithm for this briefiest moment of wonderful music 😊
I've come to realize I like the sound of the oboe.
Beautiful 😮
Not an oboe player myself so I don't know the terminology but I love your legato playing on those long notes, the tone (intonation?) and loudness was so pleasing and even that I just had to comment!
thank you!!
I love this symphony so much thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoy it!
Linda ❤❤❤ !!!! Meus parabéns e saudações do Brasil.
PERFECT !
I struggle at measure 22 and 23 so much! How do you staccato 16th note SLURS 😭 But actually, AWESOME playing!! This sounds amazing!
Tysm! I was also confused on how to staccato slurs, but my teacher told me to just think of it as long (elongated) staccatos lol.
@@valeriexu5537I think "long staccato" would mess me up even more
@@bluejay9638that's because you haven't practiced 40 hours a day.
i love it
(know close to 0 about classical), this sounds like a big inspiration for forest themes in games with orchetrated music!!
guitarist here: I loved watching and hearing this.
Fantastic sound 👍
Glad you like it!
It’s a beautiful piece, it feels good to listen to! You played gorgeously
Thanks for listening
@@valeriexu5537 You're welcome.
Well done Valerie Xu.
vous êtes une référence, c'est superbe! Vivement la suite.
merci beaucoup ☺️
Beautiful tone! Keep going
thank you!
Very good!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! 😃
Very nice dear
Really nice tone.
Thanks!!!
Very nice sound and good breath control. You could go for a little more vibrato and shaping of the line to take advantage of the expressive qualities of the oboe. I recently took up the English Horn, another beautiful instrument.
thank you for the advice !
Where did you get the back up track!😭😭😭
I used a recording from the Pacific Music Festival (but slightly lowered the volume) to practice along with.
@@valeriexu5537 Ok, thanks so muchhhh!
very beautiful sound. I played the oboe for two years and wanted a beautiful sound like this 😊 What model of oboe do you use?
I use a Lorée Royal!
Enamorado del sonido
❤ music
I like your sound.
上手だしかわいい
ありがとう!
うまいだし可愛いって読んじゃった笑
HEYYY Valerie! Love ur playing! I wanted to ask... which oboe do you have?
It’s a Lorée Royal
Calidad👏👏👏👏👍🏼👍🏼
Sounds beautiful, thank you.
thank you sm!
참 아름답다!
sounds like a proffesional!
😁thanks
I have a few questions if you’re willing to chat about them! I started oboe about half a year ago and I play in my High Schools Symphonic band for it voluntarily, i don’t have the “best” sound but it’s decent, how can i get it to be a pretty warm oboe sound like yours? Is there any secrets on air support or like quality of reeds? Lmk pleaseeee!
I am also still working on tone 😅 What I am doing currently is to work on an "O" embouchure. You can achieve this through slightly jutting out your chin and emulate the embouchure of whistling. Tone and tuning should improve drastically through this. For air support, I like to have a mental image of an open throat which allows me to get a bigger airway. My reeds are currently easy to play one which is not great for intonation so I am transitioning to harder reeds which will create a stronger sound and more stable intonation.
Thank Youuu!
Do you buy reeds from someone or make your own? If you do buy them I l would love to know the vendors name
第二乐章的那个主部主题，好听！！
Wow
👍
Don’t know why TH-cam recommended this to me, but that was really good. :)
BEAUTIFUL !
Thank you!
you re very gifted
Thank you sm!
uau
I love youtube! Now i search oboe.
yesss oboe is the best
do you do Gabriel's Oboe? One of my favorite. You have wonderful tone and touch...
Thank you! I will be sure to play it for my next video.
and you don't need to be concerned about me... I am 73, retired after 48 years of teaching music, band, choir and elementary music K-6 my last seven years... I do play in a community band - and we actually have a decent oboist... although if you were to come, we would 'find a chair for you.' :-)
Omgg
Literally amazing😭❤! How long have you been playing for?
4 years!
nice
Thanks!
You shoulde try the oboe part of Lizard by king crimson
Le début ressemblé à la dance des cygnes pt1
Schubert 9th is a different piece, very hard to perform. this girl play this except beautifully, she is beautiful too.
Se callo el pollo de almuerzo🎉
Can I ask what grade you're in? I'm an 8th grade oboe player and I'm not sure when my sound will become more refined like yours so I'd at least like a estimate.
I'm a junior in highschool and I started learning the oboe around 7th grade.
How do you get your sound to be so beautiful i have been playing oboe for two years now and i still can't get the sound right thats why i like playing lower notes
Play a lot of high C# and D even though they sound terrible at first and a lot of air support !
GOD LOVES YOU 🩷
Well played!
How much does an oboe cost? I need to get one!!
Beginner oboes are around $3000, but you can rent one at a music shop if you are unsure to commit. Professional oboes can go up to 10k+.
@@valeriexu5537 Thanks a lot for a very sensible answer. My question was definitely serious, even though I tried to make it a bit humorous. $3000 is a lot, yes. I looked at Thomann. Their cheapest one was a bit more than $1000, but is unfortunately made of some kind of plastic. I play saxophone, and I have a soprano, a tenor, and baritone. Maybe I should look a bit closer at the Thomann one, maybe it is good enough for me. Do you have any opinon about it being made of plastic? Is it totally out of question, or could it be ok, considering that for me it would just be a hobby thing?
Sry for the late reply! I would say if it’s just a hobby, you should just rent a plastic oboe since it wouldn’t be worth it to pay $1000. Definitely try the oboe out but it will be tough in the beginning 😅
@@valeriexu5537Big thanks, I will definitely consider that!
Not bad miss, keep it up
Valerie, don't pay too much attention to the critics. You're the artist; in the end, it really only matters what you think. I could see a little self criticism in your video. That's good. It will be the key to your success. My only suggestion would be to save it for when you're not playing.
Haha thank u! You can check out my new excerpt video and I think I’m a less of a self critic now 😂
What did you use to record the audio?
I just used my iPhone !
You have a nice sound, still you should try to sustain the emission a little bit more on the high notes, as well as the long ones. A nice performance though 👍👍
Por muy cortas que sean las notas (staccati), deben tener siempre algo de resonancia; he allí lo difícil... Brava. 😊
what is this song?
Could it be, um, the “Schubert 9th Symphony” like it says in the title?
@@akapple3538 on 2nd movement, i found it. thankss
no way this actually showed up in my recommended💀
hi Boyce !
@@valeriexu5537 shut up
@@boycechow8756 what is wrong with you
Beautiful playing. I like the sixteenths later and a little quicker so the sixteenths shoot into the following note. But very beautiful playing!
thanks!
Hey, where were you hiding while I was teaching band, etc. I was in North Dakota... but you would have enjoyed my students... oh, and a few concession stand nights selling popcorn and poison.
Hello friend, can you play Nella Fantasia song for me?. I appreciate it.🫡👍
You got a lot of work befor you houpfulu you can get good at oboe
Thank you!
Nice tone and this is not an easy piece. Try to sit back more in the chair and straight so as not to impede your breath support and just a little bit more vibrato on the slurred parts. Nice job!! Oh, and I am an oboist.
Not ducky at all....well done
Seem like you are use professional recording
Keep doing it🤟
Do you have to constantly roll your eyes??
😂i was looking at the track on my computer
have you ever had a fly fly into your nose
no...
@@valeriexu5537 doubt it
en México te hacen esa madre con un carrizo y suena más chingon. que nonte apendejen😂
I usually use this question to recognize true musicians from the weeds that grow among classical musicians😊
... bravissima ..
Do you have any tips for beginner oboe players?
Invest in reeds that are not store bought or from amazon, participate in competitions/youth orchestra/band to motivate yourself to play more rep, and keep going despite sounding like a dying duck in the beginning 😅
I have one question for you, if rappers offer you an offer to sing along with rappers and hip-hoppers, what will you do at this moment? Then I will understand how far you understand the essence of classical music
You sound so nice!
Do you have instagram?
U can follow me on oboe_valerie