With many studies for the Oboe in print Gillet 's Studies For The Advanced Teaching Of The Oboe is set apart by the significant experience of the composer which informs the compilation. The preface in which Gillet writes to his pupils describes the need for new studies in keeping with advanced difficulties encountered in symphonic concerts. His exercises cover a wide range of techniques essential to progression on the Oboe. Moreover Studies For The Advanced Teaching Of The Oboe also contains a clear helpful fingering chart comprising a huge 80 fingerings. The vast variety of studies andfingering charts combined in this volume create an essential book for advanced oboists.