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The Oboe is in the key of C. When an oboe plays its A, it is 440Hz.

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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 is a smaller or larger relative of the oboe?

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Were Handel's oboe concertos originally written for oboe?

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Does the oboe have siblings?

It does. They are; the Piccolo Oboe (Oboe Musette) the Oboe (including various versions of today's Oboe, including different Baroque, Classical, and Romantic models) the Oboe d'amore the Oboe da Caccia also known as 'taille de hautbois' the English Horn (Cor Anglais or Cor Angle) the Bass (or baritone) Oboe the Contra-Bass Oboe the Heckelphone


How do you say oboe in German?

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What instruments are related to the Oboe?

oboe sounds like the oboe, the clarinet sounds somewhat like it, but its not the same.


Is the oboe d'amore higher than the orchestral oboe?

No, the oboe d'amore is lower than the usual oboe, by a minor third. It is in A. It is between the oboe and the cor anglais (English Horn), which is in F.


Is the oboe d'amore higher or lower in pitch than the orchestral oboe?

The oboe d'amore is in A; the oboe is in C. The oboe d'amore is a minor third lower in pitch than the oboe, however typically music for the oboe d'amore is written so that oboe fingerings may be used (in other words, the note A is printed as a C, so that the player uses the oboe fingering for C but the note sounds a minor third lower).


What is the history of the oboe?

The oboe originated from the shawm.