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Is the oboe an insrument or a backup instrument?
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.Also....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.
Is the oboe a reed instrument?
The oboe is a reed instrument, but instead of having one bit of cane, it has two, one on top of the other.
What is an oboe mouthpiece called?
Yes, it's called the reed. Unlike the clarinet, you don't need an extra mouthpiece, this is combined.
What is the instrument Oboe?
This is an oboe. The wonders of google.
What is the oboe family in?
The Oboe is in the woodwind family.
What are members of the oboe family?
There is the heckelphone, the bass oboe, the cor anglais, the oboe d'amore, the regular oboe, and the piccolo oboe. Maybe there are others.
What is the predecess to the oboe?
there was the shawm (renessance oboe) and the baroque oboe
What are famous pieces of music for the oboe?
All classic or symphony orchestras use Oboes, which are double-reed woodwinds. the Woodwind family includes the Clarinet, Oboe, Flute(by tradition all are metallic) Silver, Gold, or these days stainless steel!) and the Bassoon. you see, saxophones are NOT used in symphony orchestras so arrangers have to juggle parts for these woodwind instruments.from the top down, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon-not Baboon.l somebody drew a cartoon of a Baboon playing one when I was in high school and the nickname Baboon caught on. Jazz and dance bands almost always use Saxophones for these transposing parts, the multitude of valves comes in handy., Much mor musicianship is required to play these sounds on an Oboe or Bassoon. The Band leader Mitch Miller (not related to Glenn) was originally an Oboist, by the way. Some composers that have written famous oboe solos are Beethoven, Berlioz, Bizet, Dvorak, Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Rossini.
What is a smaller or larger relative of the oboe?
The English horn, Oboe d' amore ,Piccolo oboe ,Oboe da caccia ,Hecklphone, Contrabass oboe.
What does the oboe have for a mourhpiece?
The oboe's mouthpiece is the reed at the top that you take out and put in before playing. This reed makes it a double-reed instrument because of the two pieces of bamboo that form the majority of the reed.
What is the frequency of a oboe?
The oboe is in the key of C. When an oboe plays its A, it is 440Hz.
Were Handel's oboe concertos originally written for oboe?
If they are his oboe concertos, then yes, but some of them may be transcribed for oboe.
