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oboe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hautbois, hautboy |
| Type of | double reed, double-reed instrument |
| Has types | musette pipe, oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia, basset oboe, shawm, heckelphone |
| Derivation | oboist |
Examples of oboe
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I used to play the oboe, and have sung in a local a cappella choir for 10 years.
From the express.co.uk
He played the cello and harpsichord in addition to the oboe and later the organ.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She is most proud of these awards, she said, because playing the oboe isn't easy.
From the fresnobee.com
Billie Jo Dandaneau had played saxophone in grade school and oboe in high school.
From the kentucky.com
Wood has played oboe and English horn for roughly two decades in the orchestra.
From the bloomberg.com
Then the sound of a wailing oboe pierced the air and dispelled our disappointment.
From the dailyherald.com
James Gorton gave an exquisite oboe solo to begin the Andante Tranquillo movement.
From the post-gazette.com
Featured guest artists are Nancy Ambrose King on oboe and Per Hannevold on bassoon.
From the fresnobee.com
Stevens knocks away on glockenspiel as well as drums and Watts adds his oboe.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
- A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- (oboist) a musician who plays the oboe
- The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca. ...
- Oboe was a British aerial blind bombing targeting system in World War II, based on radio transponder technology. The system was first used in December 1941 , about the same time as H2S radar was introduced.
- 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
- (oboist) A performer on the oboe
- In fact a musical instrument of uncertain identity, perhaps woodwind, perhaps percussion.
- A double-reed instrument used for obtaining a clarinet sound in a piccolo range.
- Code name for British radio-navigational aid used by RAF bombers
