Should I choose Oboe or Clarinet?

Every instrument requires tremendous practice and patience to learn well, so I wouldn't look for which is easier (although blowing through a clarinet reed/mouthpiece takes a lot less pressure than through an oboe's double reed). However, oboists are far less common than clarinetists, which has pros and cons (demand of musicians, cost of the instrument and reeds, etc). At any rate, either will be fun if you enjoy it, so pick the one you like sound of best and have fun.

(I started on clarinet, picked up saxophone to play jazz in Jr High, which became my main instrument, then went to music school where I also played flute and a little oboe and bassoon. And of course piano. Now I mainly play guitar).

Oboe is harder to play mouthpiece wise and can cause accumulated brain damage. It's also harder to get used to but its a scholarship instrument. Both are equally fun but you choose.

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