Definition of oboe Oboe
/owˈbow/ - [owbow] - o•boe
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What does oboe mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: oboes |
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| oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece | ||
| hautboy, hautbois | ||
| double-reed instrument, double reed a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together | ||
| basset oboe, heckelphone an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe | ||
| musette pipe a small simple oboe | ||
| oboe da caccia an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn | ||
| oboe d'amore an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music | ||
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Wiktionary 
- oboe (Noun)
A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grendilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oboe (n.)
One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oboe
ō′bō-e, n. a treble reed musical instrument, usually with fifteen keys, with a rich tone, giving the pitch to the violin in the orchestra: a treble stop on the organ, its bass being the bassoon—also Hautboy.—n. O′bōist, a player on the oboe.—Oboe d'Amore, an obsolete alto oboe; Oboe di Caccia, an obsolete tenor oboe, or rather tenor bassoon. [Fr. hautbois.]
Wikipedia 
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An oboe is a woodwind instrument with a double reed. It looks very similar to the clarinet but it sounds very different. The sound is produced by blowing air through the double reed at the upper end of the instrument which forces the two reeds to vibrate together which produces the sound. A person that plays the oboe is called an oboist. A typical orchestra may have 2 oboes but sometimes 3. Sometimes there is also a cor anglais which sounds a fifth lower than the oboe. Very occasionally there is also a bass oboe, which sounds an octave below the oboe. Gustav Holst used one in his Suite "The Planets".
The oboe came from the shawm which was a medieval and Renaissance instrument. It became popular in the Baroque period. Bach and Handel both used it in most of their orchestral music. Many Italian composers such as Antonio Vivaldi wrote concertos for the instrument, and it is used in a lot of chamber music. At this time it hardly had any keys, but gradually more keys were added which made it easier to play the sharps and flats.
Later composers to write for the oboe as a solo instrument include Mozart, Weber, Richard Strauss, Vaughan Williams and François Poulenc.
In Europe it is usual for the principal oboist in an orchestra to play the note A for the rest of the orchestra to tune their instruments to.
The name "oboe" comes from French language "hautbois", meaning "high wood", a high-pitched woodwind instrument.
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🔤- oboe, noun, singular of oboes.
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