oboe
oboe
Definition
oboe (ō′bō)
noun
- a double-reed woodwind instrument having a range of nearly three octaves and a high, penetrating, melancholy tone
- an organ stop producing an oboelike sound
Etymology: It < Fr hautbois; see hautboy
oboe
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: I started playing the oboe at the age of eleven.
- study: He studied oboe and pianoforte at the Royal Marines School of Music, where he also became interested in composing music.
- use: Mozart, for one, was extremely skilled at using the oboe to its full advantage in an ensemble.
- teach: Until then she had taught the oboe, clarinet and piano for twelve years in five schools in Hertfordshire.
- include: The accompaniment also includes two oboes, two clarinets, two bass bassoons, two horns, tuba and tympani.
- have: However, on closer examination, the score suggests that Vanhal probably had the oboe in mind.
Adjective modifier
- orchestral: He had with him one of his wooden flue pipes, orchestral oboe.
- principal: She started her career as principal oboe in the BBC Welsh Orchestra.
- second: Everyone was weeping with laughter except for Bridget Alexander, the second oboe.
- first: Since 1981, he has been first oboe of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.
- historical: Keith lives in Norfolk, where he now has the workshop and from where all our serpents and historical oboes are despatched.
- modern: The chanter reeds are usually like the ones in shawms, or modern oboes.
Modifies a noun
- d'amore: But what about finding oboe d'amore and baroque trumpet players in 1990s Japan?
- concerto: He has recently completed an oboe concerto commissioned by the John Lewis Partnership for Nick Daniel for 10 performances in October 1998.
- solo: All ended with a well-shaped oboe solo against the quiet thrum of the harp.
- player: A few violinists join up with a group of cellists who know some oboe players.
- melody: It grew from a simple oboe melody to a full blown performance including bagpipes!
- teacher: WIND 10-12 Tim Eaton has been an oboe specialist teacher with the London Boro of Redbridge Music Service for almost 20 years.
Noun used with modifier
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