1. Product Work Log
Name Rachel Whitted
Date April 18th 2012
Product Teaching Sydney how to Play the Oboe
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
September 7th 2011 Went to Sydney's house and taught She needs to work on the
6:45 – 7:30 her basic oboe maintenance, how to three notes I taught her and
set her embouchure, and how to play how to set up her
Total Time: 45 three notes; B flat, A, and B. embouchure.
Minutes Money Earned: Was paid $12 for a
reed I made and gave to Sydney.
Commentary:
She was very eager to learn and I
gave her a reed I made for her. It was
a little hard for her to play on and
she was having a difficult time
making the notes speak so I slightly
adjusted the reed and she was able to
produce the sound needed to make
the notes.

2. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
September 14th 2011 Went to Sydney's house and taught She needs to work on
6:40 – 7:10 her more notes and how to play the tonguing notes and should
oboe and how to use her air. continue working on how
Total Time: 30 Reiterated the importance of how to to set up her embouchure.
Minutes set her embouchure correctly and
taught her about tonguing notes on
the oboe.
Commentary:
She continues to be very eager to
learn and she's been practicing hard.
She needs work on her embouchure,
tonguing and breathing.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
September 18th 2011 Tied on a reed and began scraping
1:30 – 2:30 the bark off and defining the tip.
Total Time: 60 Commentary:
Minutes Reed is chipping and my knife is
getting dull fast. Having a hard time
creating a “V Shape” for my reed.

3. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
September 21st 2011 today we worked on reviewing what The oboe has problems so I
6:30 – 7:00 I've taught her, because she broke need to try to learn how to
her reed and was unable to practice. fix and adjust it.
Total Time: 30 She's getting much better about
Minutes playing with less reed in her mouth.
Commentary:
Her oboe needs to be adjusted so I
took it to get it fixed.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
September 28th 2011 We worked on exercises that I Need to think of a good
6:30 – 7:00 assigned her. She's getting better way to teach her how to get
about not needing the letters of the higher notes to speak and
Total Time: 30 notes being written above her music. how to get her to focus her
Minutes We also looked at the music she's air to make them clear.
been playing at school and have been
trying to work on her higher notes
Money: $55 for a reed case and 4
lessons.
Commentary:
She's having problems getting the
higher notes to speak as clearly as
her low notes.

4. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
October 5th 2011 We worked more on the activities Still thinking of a way to
6:20 – 7:20 I've given her and looked at some explain to her how to make
easy tunes that she's been working higher notes speak.
Total Time: 60 on. She's been having issues holding
Minutes half notes out for their full duration,
but she's getting better about
remembering. She's doing really well
with tonguing vs slurring.
Money: $12 for a reed
Commentary:
She's still having problems getting
the higher notes to speak as clearly
as her low notes.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
October 12th 2011 She's making a lot of progress and I'm very proud of her. We
6:50 – 7:30 can play Mary Had a Little Lamb need to work on making
smoothly and slurs and tongues sure she can attack the
Total Time: 40 everything correctly. notes the first time every
Minutes time.
Commentary:
Her tempo isn't very steady right
now, but it's small fluctuations.

5. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
October 16th 2011 Made a reed for Sydney today and it
3:40 – 4:40 is pretty good. Having trouble with
the windows, but the tip is defined
Total Time: 60 nicely, but a little uneven. Going to
Minutes take it to Lisa and consult with her.
Commentary:
Getting better at using my knife and
sharpening it.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
October 19th 2011 Today her reed wasn't working so I I need to become more
7:10 – 7:40 spent most of the lesson time trying aware of how to make
to adjust a new reed for her to play reeds that work best for
Total Time: 30 on. her.
Minutes
Commentary:
It's really difficult making a reed
easy enough for her. What's great to
me is way too hard for her and I keep
having to make the tip thinner and
thinner which runs the risk of
chipping.

6. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
October 26th 2011 She's getting much better. She's still She needs to work on
6:40 – 7:30 having problems with durations playing with quicker
until I mention it to her. She still technique.
Total Time: 50 needs the note names written above
Minutes the music and it gets her stressed
out, but I think she's doing quite
well. In her band music she's not
very familiar with the upper register
and Mr. Carter teaches her very
differently from how I teach her with
regards to fingerings.
Commentary:
She's practicing the music I give her
very diligently I can tell, but her
band music is suffering and isn't as
good.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
November 3rd 2011 Just touched base with Sydney to see She's having trouble with
6:30 – 7:00 how she was coming along with her the low notes below G and
band music and the music I assigned the high notes. Her fingers
Total Time: 30 her. are tiny and are having
Minutes problems covering the
Commentary: holes completely making
She still needs the letters above the the notes not able to
notes, but she's been practicing respond correctly.
trying to read with out them and is
getting better at it.

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November 10th 2011 Adjusted her oboe so she could play I need to figure out how to
7:00 – 7:45 notes, but I took it so I could take it balance oboes correctly
to Lisa and discuss the job I did when I'm adjusting them.
Total Time: 45 adjusting it and to see if there is
Minutes anything else that I could do to
improve the adjustments.
Commentary:
She can play Mary Had a Little Lamb
very well. Old McDonald's still needs
practice though.
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November 17th 2011 Today was our last lesson before her She's getting better about
6:40 – 7:20 Christmas concert so we looked not breaking her reeds.
solely at the Christmas music. She
Total Time: 40 isn't able to play Dredel, Dredel up to
Minutes speed, but she able to play jingle
bells fairly well.
Commentary:
She's going to do fabulous at her
concert.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
November 23rd 2011 Tied on three reeds and began
2:30 – 4:45 scraping all of them. Made one of
them able to play and made a good
Total Time: 135 start on the other two.
Minutes
Commentary:
I'm having trouble determining
when it's best to open the reed up
and when I've taken off too much
cane or not enough.

8. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
December 1st 2011 We looked at more in the Etude
6:45-7:15 books and I assigned her an etude to
play and a couple of technical
Total Time: 30 exercises in the Oboe Student Book.
Minutes
Commentary:
She's progressing quickly and her
concert went well.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
December 8th 2011 We prepared for her final exam in She's still having trouble
6:30-7:00 band which was scales. I played with reading notes without
her and she's doing good about letters. Perhaps flash cards?
Total Time: 30 matching me and can follow me at a
Minutes slow pace.
Commentary:
She's getting really talented at oboe
and she's moving quickly.

9. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
December 15th 2011 She already had her band final, but
6:40-7:30 we continued to work on scales,
because they are so important.
Total Time: 50
Minutes Commentary:
She's able to play F Major easily, but
she's having trouble with A flat
major especially.
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January 5th 2012 Had a laid back lesson since it was
7:00-7:40 the first lesson in a while. I gave her
two songs to look and and consider
Total Time: 40 playing for Senior Boards and
Minutes adjusted her oboe.
Commentary:
She was really excited to pick out
songs and she sounds good. Her reed
is still in tact and sounds fine.

10. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
February 12th 2012 Tied on a reed and was able to make
4:00 – 5:00 it playable. Very proud of this reed,
it's one of the best I've ever made.
Total Time: 60 Don't want to put windows in yet for
Minutes fear of messing it up. Going to take it
to Lisa to have her look at it.
Commentary:
I made an even “V shape” and the
reed makes an in tune and nice
sound when played on.
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March 29th 2012 When I arrived, Sydney's oboe She's able to read music
7:00-7:45 wouldn't play at all. After I fixed her without the note letters
reed I began the task of trying to fix above the music now,
Total Time: 45 her oboe. I managed to make it slowly but surely she's
Minutes playable, but I needed to consult becoming able to read the
with my project facilitator to balance music quickly.
out some of the adjustments that
needed to be made. We worked a
little and looked at her F Major Scale
so that she could present that to the
judges at Senior Boards.
Commentary:
I've gotten quicker and more efficient
when it comes to adjusting reeds for
her. I'm beginning to understand
what she needs and what to do to
make a reed work for her. I've also
gotten much better at adjusting
oboes. It used to take hours to figure
out, but now I'm able to quickly
identify the problem and more often
than not can take steps to fix the
problem.

11. Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
April 5th 2012 Sydney's oboe was finally fully Having her slur and
7:00-7:30 adjusted so we adjusted her reeds connect all the notes will
quickly and then proceeded to work help her keep her air
Total Time: 30 on her F Major scale for her to stream consistent and so
Minutes present to the judges. She was tonguing needs to be a
having problems continuing to blow priority at a later date.
her air. She would stop her air
between notes while her fingers
changed and so we worked on her
air stream and long tones where she
would hold out a note for extended
periods of times.
Commentary:
She's continuing to get better and
better. Now that she has a functional
oboe things are working in her favor.
She's beginning to have her
embouchure form and is beginning
to use slightly harder reeds.
Date/Time: Activity: Comment/Suggestions:
April 12th 2012 We worked on her F Major Scale so She needs to practice just
6:45 – 7:20 she can play it for the Judges at going back and forth
Senior Boards. between E and D. She'll
Total Time: 35 sound great.
Minutes Commentary:
She's able to play the scale without
stopping her air in between notes.
She's having a little trouble changing
between the notes D and E.