I can sort of play an oboe - also a bassoon, which is another what they call double-reeded woodwind. The bassoon is a great deal lower in pitch.
You just have to be able to squeeze your lips together really hard.
“Oboe: an ill wind that nobody blows good.” — Unknown, sometime around 1929.
They say the heart of rock and roll is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the oboe may be barely breathing
But the heart of rock and roll, heart of rock and roll is still beating
They say oboe players usually die of a heart attack in their mid 50s.
It was sheer torture to hear her practice. I played trombone and was a brass man for sure.
My brother has a Masters degree in Musical Performance with the oboe.
I called it his Degree in unemployment.
He works as an investment banker now.
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I’m not a muscian, but I love hearing many types of music.
A young Flautist told me that when using a flute, you lightly exhale across the top opening of the instrument: Like blowing on an opening of an empty Pop Bottle to create a sound.
Whereas, with an Oboe, you blow directly down, into that instrument.
I enjoyed what I think are Oboes in
Mozart’s Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K299.
Oboes best be out of town on the next train if they know what’s good for them.
Yes, I can play oboe. I choose not to.
I started playing the clarinet in 7th grade . My music teacher in school switched me to the oboe, played it all through my senior year. Tough little instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDrVtXPpuRI
First "chamber music" piece I ever composed was a sonata for oboe and piano. Second was a wind quintet. Love the sound, especially in baroque settings paired with recorder.
My eldest daughter played the Oboe in HS and got a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance/Oboe. I loved listening to her play that instrument.
Thank you for posting this. You made me tune up Mozart’s “Oboe Concerto in C Major.” Frankfurt Radio Symphony featuring François Leleux on the Oboe. I have no knowledge of music or famous classical musicians— just copying the information — but I am thoroughly enjoying this.
The song, “Gabriel’s Oboe,” from Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack from the movie, “The Mission,” is one of the most sublime pieces of music in the history of man.
As others have noted, the bassoon is also a double-reed woodwind. I always liked the name given the bassoon by other band/orchestra members: the farting bed post.