oboe
Double-reed woodwind
An oboe is a woodwind instrument with a double reed and a distinctively plaintive, penetrating tone.
It has a conical bore and produces sound when the player blows between two thin reeds bound together.
The oboe typically sounds the tuning note for orchestras: The oboist played an A and the strings adjusted their pitch.
Paired vibrating blades
- caneStick for support
- scrapingRubbing away material
- gougingExploitative overpricing
- shapingGiving something its form
soaking · crow · staple · tie · adjustment · thickness · profile · heart
Paired vibrating blades
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- timbreSound's distinctive character
articulation · phrasing · legato · staccato · vibrato · tonguing · register · keywork
French folk aerophone
Extended composition for orchestra
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- stringsThin flexible lines
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- percussionSound through impact
woodwind · section · principal · tutti · score · pit · philharmonic · ensemble
double-reed
Paired vibrating blades
shaping · soaking · crow · staple · tie · adjustment · thickness · profile · heart · spine
double-reed
Paired vibrating blades
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
- intonationPitch variation in speech
timbre · articulation · phrasing · legato · staccato · vibrato · tonguing · register · keywork · bocal
musette
French folk aerophone
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
percussion · woodwind · section · principal · tutti · score · pit · philharmonic · ensemble · seating
concerto
Solo-and-orchestra composition
quintet · chamber · solo · etude · Mozart · Strauss · Schumann · Britten · pastorale · romance
clarinet
Single-reed woodwind instrument
saxophone · recorder · contrabassoon · panpipes · quena
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- wind instrumentsflute, clarinet, trumpet, bassoon, saxophone
- chamber orchestrastrings, violins, violas, cellos, double basses
- Crosswordesealee, aloe, epee, erne, etui
- reed instrumentsclarinet, bassoon, saxophone, English horn, alto sax
- woodwindsclarinet, flute, bassoon, piccolo, saxophone
oboeclarinet
Single-reed woodwind instrument
saxophone · flute · piccolo · recorder · tin whistle
oboecontrabassoon
Lowest orchestral woodwind
bassoon · bass clarinet · tuba · contrabass · double bass