Professional vs Beginner Oboe 

Eddy, by "circular breathing" they don't mean twirl the oboe in circles

Professional: “The Duck” Eddie: An actual duck

I think Eddy won the first round--he sounded much more like a duck than the professional

When you can't play the oboe... *_oboi_*

*Ling Ling can play this without an Oboe*

Eddy is me compared to the rest of the orchestra

Professional: Plays beautifully Eddy: Reinvents jazz.

When you can't play oboe it sounds like- *A dying chicken.*

as an oboist I can confirm it's 1000x harder than it looks

People who play the oboe have the strongest lungs in the world. Eddy was huffin and puffin lol!

Oboe feels a bit like a cruel practical joke someone played on a clarinettist once, only to have it backfire by it actually making a beautiful sound.

Professional: Plays "The Duck" Eddy: Plays a duck

Beginner oboe sounds like contemporary music.

Oboe players are *quaking* rn from Eddie's skills

As an oboist, I particularly appreciated the colors that Eddy's face turned. He actually sounded better than most beginning oboists. I also want to point out that the oboe is the least photogenic instrument to play.

I now have a lot more respect for my friends who play the oboe. Edit: The professional though, he looked as if he was trying SO HARD not to help Eddy.

None of the professionals can ever keep a straight face.

Did eddy think making a circle w/ the oboe would help

the oboe was the only instrument my band director had no training on. guess who's the only oboe in the whole school. ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

a moment of respect for all double reed players.....it’s especially hard to play the bassoon too.

I like how encouragingly the professional nods--like Eddy isn't completely slaughtering the music

Glances at the page and back at the professional looking very lost. Eddie: *fakes dramatic circles* Professional: *nodsnodsnods* *is actually wondering if Eddie is dying from the lack of oxygen*

as an oboist i can confirn that this insturment is harder than it looks, how much air you need, and how much you struggle with playing oboe as a begginner

I'm so happy they did this so I can vent about oboe. Like my good lord it's such a hard instrument. We don't get to adjust our instruments to sound in tune. It all depends on the reed and mouth position. It also depends on the oboe because some of them are terrible. Let alone, a lot of oboes I've seen in my school are missing the left f key and low B-flat key. Its hard to find a decent oboe for a good price. Now, let's move on to know fingerings. They're probably the worst along with the bassoon. Like you have to switch to the left e-flat before you play d-flat and gosh it's just awful. Like there are *three* different ways to play f natural, *three.* Moving on back to the reed. It loves to close up on you and then all of a sudden, you go from sounding in tune to flat as hell. It's so freaking annoying. Then eventually it closes up even more and you can't play anymore. (Eddy struggled with that.) Plus I swear if you turn around for one second your reed will be cracked. No one will be near it and it'll just *crack* so you have to get a new reed. Oml I hate getting a new reed with a burning passion. You have to break it in and that can take anywhere from a day to a month. Lastly, you literally sometimes won't be able to *breathe* when you play. Like once you get into arpeggios you just *die.* Welp, there was your three minute lesson on oboe and if you actually read that congratulations. I'm sorry about the long rant though. 😂😂

When I first started playing Oboe I thought my lips would fall off lol

The professional is SO GOOD, you can hear the overtones in his long held notes! It's amazing! Also, Eddy was a huffing and puffing!

Playing oboe means bringing knives, shot glasses, and cigarette paper to school (knives for the reeds, shot glasses for reed water, cigarette paper for keys)

when eddy started grunting and making sounds under his breath I just LoST IT

I lost it when Eddy started making the Oboe sounds on his own at 8:13 :)

*Everyone was roasting the oboe, and now all the oboists have revenge!* Don''t go roasting the oboe anymore ok.

The real entertainment's coming from the noises Eddy isn't making with the oboe...

I love how Eddy thinks that making circles with the oboe and going up with it will help him to blow air better and not breath that hard

Eddy sounds like he's blowing into a party horn

Lol at least you didn't break the reed or something 😂

As an oboist, this is my current favourite twoset video. In all honesty, he sounded better than most beginners haha. I really hope I can be as good as Huw Jones someday, he is amazing!

When I started to play the oboe, my teacher made me play the chromatic scale for two octaves reeeaallly slow, without breathing pauses...she did this to learn the keys and to increase my lung capacity...I did this for two months, until I suceeded once. That was 11 years ago and I still remember the agony from that so clearly XD (Now I can hold my breath for 4 minutes and can do circular breathing :3)

As the video progresses, Eddy loses breath after each pieces. Poor Eddy.

That moment when you google him and realize he's the Principal Oboist of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang poor Eddy didn't stand a chance XD. If you guys are able to, please do Professional vs. Beginner Percussionist! I'd love to see this with multiple percussion instruments if possible. Percussion isn't as easy as it looks :)

I feel like Eddy really likes Oboes, and he’s just like “how does one make that noise come out of this?” LING LING HELP ME

Great breathing noises, Eddy, and those long stretches of frustrated silence really added to the depth and emotion of the various pieces.

Just Breathe! I would pass out first song in. How does that guy do that? I do know that Ling Ling plays the Oboe by holding his breath for 40 hours :)

As an oboist I feel pretty good right about now

Eddy: roasts the living heck out of oboes a while back Me: laughs more while remembering the roasts since the oboe is so much harder than it looks

Guys , let me explain. Hes playing the oboe in sign language. Thats why we cant hear the notes clearly.

The funniest part is listening to him try to breathe!

I love Eddy hitting those low notes in the first piece. Pretty solid for a beginner.

To play oboe you have to have a lot of control so I'm surprised he got a sound out, good on you.

i had a concert at my school at the end of the year... the band teacher gave out awards for the best group... it was whatever... for the best group she choose the oboe.... i was the only person in the group....

As an oboe player I am DYING right now hahahaha

1:44 Eddy starts to question if Huw (the professional oboist) is human. 😂

whenever eddy gets a note the pro is just like “hm yes...yes well done” I N T E R E S T I N G

That professional initially seems to be taking amusement out of the beginner playing, but he is actually having beginner oboe flashbacks. And why am I here? I play trumpet

I thought Eddy was going to pass out. So now are all these professionals going to get a chance at trying violin?

I cri I’ve been playing the oboe for 5 years and I still suck But of course, LING LING just BREATHES on the oboe and then he’s doing all the solos I cri

Person: I want to try learning to play the oboe Me: No you don’t

I kinda have a crush on a guy in our orchestra who plays oboe... and i play cello so ive never had the chance to talk to him... in three whole years... He is amazing by the way

It's EXTREMELY hard to play oboe. The amount of breath you need and the right amount of air to make a sound is just really hard. I've played oboe for about 5-6 years now and trust me, I sounded like that when I first picked it up. So props to you for giving it a try!

if Eddie and Brett become professionalOboes, they should be called “TwoSet Oboe!” I’m STILL waiting for “Professional VS Beginner Harp”!!!!!

I have immemse respect and admiration for the beginner who dares to give it a doomed to fail go, right after a pro has played, and on video. It takes guts

Oboe and bassoon make such beautiful music. When played properly.

The way he's nodding his head saids so much omg

I play the oboe! It's impressive that you can even make a sound on your first go. The air pressure needed to make a sound is usually too much for most people (even if you already play an instrument). I have been playing for a while now and remember how I used to actually faint!

I clicked and seen the “beginner” and “oboe” in the same sentence and I was scared

I started playing oboe like 4 months ago and this is an accurate beginning representation.

Plays a Runs out of breath (Note) a flattens "Good a"

i live for eddy’s struggle to breathe

5:32 "Yea! That's what all oboe players go through! PAIN!" Is what the guy was thinking while he nodded.

As a Grade 3 oboist, I can confirm that it is sooooooo much harder than it looks. Shoutout to all you oboe players. #Oboesforever.

anyone else resonate with the beginner?

You guys need to invite all of these musicians back to play violin with you guys

For once, I know what it feels like to have someone do sacrilegious things on my instrument. It's one thing to have Eddy and Brett explain what's wrong about a violinist. It's a completely different thing to know what's wrong already.

I play the oboe by myself and a) thanks to everyone who heard my quacking in year 1 and encouraged me to continue b) it looks so damn funny to see someone playing or is it just me?

Lmao Eddy's face when the pro played the opening of Mozart's Oboe concerto and when he tried the Kalliwoda Oboe concerto had me so weak😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #respecttotheoboes

Eddy sounded better than I would probably sound. I’d sound like a dying walrus tbh

As an oboist I love that they chose to play “the duck” from ‘Peter and the Wolf’ because everyone told be as a beginner I sounded like a duck 😂😂

My goodness, oboe requires a strong embouchure and great air support. That's why it's one of the hardest instruments.

Professional vs Beginner trumpeter(?) is that what they’re called idk

5:19 Eddy: Pro: *acting like Eddy was actually playing a melody*: "oh that’s really great, listen to that beautiful tone 5:25 Eddy: Pro: uh wait that’s not what is written 5:31 Eddy: *starting to die* Pro: bro what the hell are you trying to do?

I love how the professional oboist is not even hiding the fact that he’s entertained 😂

The professional's expressions kill me...he seems concerned, bewildered/confused, and amused throughout Eddy's attempts

Please do professional vs beginner pianist

Oboes don‘t sound like ducks! 1st song: The Duck

I love the professional's face while Eddy plays. Its like a teacher trying to be supportive and says "You don't play that bad."

Heeeey where is my Piano begginer vs Piano Profesional?????

As the Clari Boys would say, “You need more air”

this demonstrates something that happened at my orchestra clarinet girl: oboe is so irrelevant me: How? girl: there's only 2 of you Me: that's because unlike you are instrument requires some talent

*plays an a, the a getting lower and lower* "baroque tuning.."

WOW I commented in their flute version that they should do a clarinet one bc I'm a former clarinet player and at first glance I thought this was a clarinet and I got so excited but now I'm just disappointed although I really enjoyed the professional playing, I like the sound of an oboe

Double reeds woo!

I like how Huw is trying so hard not to laugh 😂

Eddy would make an excellent interpreter of contemporary music; look at all his extended techniques.

Eddy!! That's not a straw! 😂

"do you do cardio" lmao

"beginner" was me 5 years ago XD Yeup, at some point we all sounded like a dying duck.

I played the oboe for seven years (6th-12th) and oh boy does this video put into perspective how difficult it is to play. I think I've taken for granted how hard the oboe is, since I grew used to playing the instrument pretty quickly. But yeah, beginning oboe players are bound to sound like dying birds, and that's a fact. I did enjoy the instrument more once my playing blossomed from ugly duckling to beautiful swan tho.

I play the oboe

Professional clarinetist vs Beginner clarinetist next!!

Man, Waldo there sounds like me in my high school band class. Good times. Not for anyone else, but for me, certainly.

Possibly the funniest video I’ve ever seen. Keep making these, they’re hilarious!

Eddy reminded me of when I thought I wanted to play oboe, clarinet is good enough