A neat little oboe piece Mark, I think I'll try it on the clarinet. About improvising, a great musician I once knew told me that whenever he sat down to "Doodle" as he called it he always set his tape recorder going. He soon forgot it was there but when he was finished some of his best "Doodlings" were there on tape and he saved them so he could go back to them later on and use them, believe me, some of his work was out of this world. I have used this idea too and it does work. TTYL...Derek.