The Oboe is a main instrumenteven thoughit is often overlooked.The best example is that an oboe tunes up the rest of the orchestrathereforeit is very important.
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The idea of "backup instrument" doesn't really apply for orchestral music.
1. There are oboe concerti, where the oboe is the principal instrument.
2. Composers use combinations of instruments to create "colour" in the sound of the music, and you will often find instruments such as the oboe contributing a major part of that colour, especially in slower, more contemplative and "wistful" passages.
This is an oboe. The wonders of google.
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An oboe is a double reed instrument, and it also a woodwind instrument.
an oboe is a woodwind instrument
An oboe is a musical instrument.
All the instruments in the woodwind section, like the flute, oboe, and clarinet.
Oboe's are a double reed instrument of the Woodwind family.
An oboe is a woodwind instrument (the reed is made of wood)
The oboe is a woodwind instrument. An "ill woodwind that no man blows good."
String instrument four letters
That is the correct spelling of "oboe" (a woodwind instrument).
Oboe is made of Grenilla wood