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Oboe

Oboe Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Oboe? [n] a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece Synonyms \| Synonyms for Oboe: hautbois \| hautboy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Oboe: aulos \| basset horn \| basset oboe \| bassoon \| block flute \| bombard \| bourdon \| cello \| claribel \| clarinet \| clarion \| concert flute \| contrabassoon \| contrafagotto \| cornet \| cornopean \| cromorna \| cromorne \| cymbel \| diapason \| double bassoon \| double reed \| dulciana \| English horn \| fife \| fipple flute \| flageolet \| flute \| flute stop \| foundation stop \| fourniture \| gamba \| gedeckt \| gemshorn \| harmonic flute \| hautboy \| heckelphone \| hornpipe \| hybrid stop \| koppel flute \| larigot \| licorice stick \| melodia \| mixture \| musette \| mutation stop \| nazard \| oaten reed \| oboe da caccia \| ocarina \| octave \| organ stop \| Pandean pipe \| panpipe \| penny-whistle \| piccolo \| pipe \| plein jeu \| pommer \| posaune \| principal \| quint \| quintaten \| rank \| ranket \| recorder \| reed \| reed instrument \| reed stop \| register \| rohr flute \| sax \| saxophone \| sesquialtera \| shawm \| single reed \| single-reed instrument \| sonorophone \| spitz flute \| stop \| stopped diapason \| stopped flute \| string diapason \| string stop \| sweet potato \| syrinx \| tabor pipe \| tenoroon \| tierce \| tin-whistle \| tremolo \| trombone \| trumpet \| twelfth \| unda maris \| vibrato \| viola \| voix celeste \| vox angelica \| vox humana \| whistle \| woods \| woodwind \| woodwind choir \| woodwind instrument See Also \| basset oboe \| double-reed instrument \| heckelphone \| musette pipe \| oboe da caccia \| oboe d'amore \| shawm Oboe In Webster's Dictionary \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.) 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. {Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel.

Oboe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oboe?

[n] a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oboe: hautbois | hautboy

Oboe In Webster's Dictionary

\O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.)
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.

{Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di
caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete
   modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
   Bach and Handel.

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