Are you happy with your reeds?

Take control of your reeds and learn the skills you need to become a better reed maker.

As you become a better oboist your standard of what a good reed is will change. This is an awesome thing! But it also means you will eventually need to raise the standard in your reeds in order to continue to improve as an oboist. In this course I teach reed making from start to finish, giving you the skills you need to make them the way you want them to play.

Course Reviews

5 star rating

Wonderful Reed Making Course

Ezequiel Navarro

I love this course! It truly is an amazing course that covers everything about reed making. This course goes step by step teaching you how to make reeds. I love the fact that I can go at my own pace. I would definitely recommend this to any o...

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I love this course! It truly is an amazing course that covers everything about reed making. This course goes step by step teaching you how to make reeds. I love the fact that I can go at my own pace. I would definitely recommend this to any oboe player.

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Instructor

Jennifer Stucki

University of Wyoming, Oboe Faculty

Jennifer Stucki is the oboe instructor at the University of Wyoming and maintains an active freelance career that includes soloing, orchestra and chamber ensemble work, and organizing various collaborative arts projects. A resident of Boulder, Colorado she has performed with the Boulder Philharmonic, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony and other regional orchestras. Additionally she has performed with a wide variety of ensembles as an active freelancer in Chicago, Illinois. To learn more visit www.woodensinger.com.

Course curriculum

The American Scrape

    1. Getting Started: Basic Supplies

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. The Basic Supplies

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Tying on the Reed - Video Demonstration

    4. A Closer Look at Tying Techniques

    5. How the Overall Length is Determined

    6. How to Check Your Blank

    7. Slipped Blades Diagram

    8. How to Hold Your Knife

      FREE PREVIEW

    9. Finishing the Blank

    10. Notes & Extra Useful Information

    11. Double Reed Suppliers

    12. Short Quiz!

    13. Questions or Comments on Tying or Equipment

    1. Knife Safety

    2. The Anatomy of a Reed Knife

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Diagram of the Knife

    4. Sharpening Equipment

    5. Sharpening Equipment

    6. Sharpening Demo with Stones

    7. Sharpening with Crock Sticks

    8. More Notes on Sharpening Stones

    9. Short Quiz!

    10. Questions or Comments on Sharpening Equipment or Techniques

    1. Scraping the Blank

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Diagram of the Reed

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Scraping the Tip

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Tip and Blend Profiles

    5. Finishing the Basic Scrape

    6. Measurements of the Basic Scrape

    7. Notes on The Basic Scrape

    8. Short Quiz!

    9. Questions or Comments on the Basic Scrape

    1. Introduction to Adjusting Your Reed

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Adjusting Principals

    3. Analyzing Your Reed by How it Looks

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. How to Crow a Reed

    5. Sample Crow Test #1 - Unfocused Crow

    6. Sample Crow Test #2 - Hard and Flat

    7. Sample Crow Test #3 - Glissando Crow

    8. Sample Crow Test #4 - Glissando Crow In Tune

    9. Sample Crow Test #5 - Ideal Crow

    10. Short Quiz

    1. Playing Tests - Intuition vs. Analyzing

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Playing Tests - Checking for Response

    3. Playing Tests - Stability and Intonation

    4. Playing Tests - Flexibility and Tone Issues

    5. Developing Intuition and Problem-Solving Skills

    6. Short Quiz

    7. Questions or Comments on Adjusting

    1. Hard and Flat Reeds

    2. Soft and Sharp Reeds

    3. How to Use the Adjustment Chart

    4. Adjustment Chart

    5. How to Use the Reed Log

    6. Reed Log

About this course

  • $7.99 / month
  • 68 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Pricing options

There are two pricing options; a monthly subscription or a life-time access fee.

Affiliation

Reed making supplies for this course can be located at Hodge Products, Inc.

Hodge Products, Inc.