If you’ve ever tried to get a note out of the oboe, you’ll have some level of understanding of how difficult it is. You blow down the reed and nothing happens unless you really push all the air you possibly can into it. The note that comes out when you do this is inevitably horrible, so how do oboists get to the point where they can make a nice sound? There is such a small opening that it seems almost impossible to achieve.
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