Oboe
['əʊbəʊ] or ['obo]
Definition
(noun.) a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece.
Edited by Constantine--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hautboy.
Checked by Ives
Definition
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.
Typist: Ronald
Examples
- The presence of high overtones in the oboe and the presence of odd-numbered overtones in the clarinet enable us to distinguish without fail the sounds given out by these instruments. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the oboe (Fig. 189, 2) the vibrating air column is set into motion by means of two thin pieces of wood or metal placed in the mouthpiece of the tube. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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