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I think you mean ‘orchestra’. A ‘symphony’ is a piece of music. Please don’t fall into using these horrible slang terms.

This was part of an answer to this question:

22 yr old oboist..if I keep going do you think I have a good chance of playing in a good symphony?

The questioner then provided a link to her YouTube videos.

I checked, and the former comment was given by someone in the UK. So perhaps in the UK you can’t call an orchestra a symphony. Does anyone know about this?

PS I play in Symphony Silicon Valley.

Yep. A symphony.

Synthetic Oboe Reeds?
I’m really tired of the cane reeds getting out of tune every time the weather changes. If I am going for intonation over sound, are synthetic oboe reeds a good choice? Or do they go in and out of tune as well?

Someone want to go and answer this?

How do i clan my oboe?
Ok so my oboe has dried spit in it and my swab dosen’t get it out. Is there anything I can use that will be safe to clean it? I’m afriad of putting it into water because the pads will get wet

I’m sure the writer mean “clean” … typos happen.

Go ahead, help her out, won’t you?

Read online:

Are there any flute, clarinet, and oboe trios?
They have to be free music. Pls give me the web site! Thnx!

If something is in the public domain it is free. If something has been more recently composed don’t you think the composer deserves to be paid for the work?

Of course free is … well … free. Sometimes it’s worth about that much, too. Not always, mind you, but I do think a lot of what I’ve seen out there that’s free isn’t all that great.

Why does middle C played on an oboe sound different from middle C played on a piano?

I don’t think the questioner was asking about pitch. I think he/she was asking about timbre. The only person who has answered so far is assuming this is an intonation question.

But a middle C on an oboe sounds different than a middle C on flute and both sound different than a middle C on piano. Just as notes all sound different on different instruments and with different voices. My voice is low. When I sing anything above about an A-440 I sound like I’m really reaching. The high F on an oboe sounds … well … high! That same high F sounds like your average flute note. If a tuba could play that high, it would sound incredibly, unbelievably high. It’s about timbre, if you ask me.

tim·bre
[tam-ber, tim-; Fr. tan-bruh]
–noun
1.
Acoustics, Phonetics . the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
2.
Music . the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color.

Or is it? Thoughts?

Any of you adventurous sorts want to go to answer the original question?

Sometimes I just can’t resist posting these!

What opportunity awaits me if i become a oboe player(oboist)?

i really want to become oboist but what career awaits me? please help…

Soooo many things one could say in response, yes?

There is already one answer provided, but perhaps some readers want to join in …?

I dunno Should I play flute or oboe?
I have a flute and I have learned how to play it. I still find the oboe much more fun to play and I like the sound. I just don’t know if i want to spend on a oboe just because I like the sound and the way that my mouth looks while playing it.
I like the double reed very very much and it’s so funky. I already have a flute to play though.

Additional Details
I prolly don’t sell the flute, but I will have to buy an Oboe and I think they’re kind of costly.

Funky. I like that!

Here’s the question:

Is the English horn a nice instrument to try after playing the Bb clarinet and Eb alto clarinet?
Are the fingerings complex for beginners?

Here’s my answer: No. It’s a nice instrument to play before those ones! :-)

PLZ PLZ LOOK I NEED AN OBOE?
Hi,
I am a music student and i play clarinet and I’m looking for an Oboe for under $1000. I don’t care if you say that it is bad quality. I just want an oboe. Give me specific links that take me to the page of the oboe. Or if there are any rental links please tell me.

Maybe he’s just looking for a lamp stand oboe? I hope so.

I read it here.

Which instrument is best the oboe, clarinet , or trumpet? What music do they play?

When I tested for band my teacher said that I would play the trumpet,clarinet, or oboe. Which one do I choose and why? I want to know a little bit of detail too.

This whole “tested for band” thing is just irksome.

What physical traits make it easy for someone to play oboe?
I’m joining middle school band this year, but first I have to go through mouth piece testing. You might know what it is, but just in case you don’t mouth piece testing is where they have professionals from each brass or woodwind instrument come to the school and get people to do things or look for traits that a person has that would make it easier for them to play that instrument (like try to keep a beat for percussion, see if they have a hangover on their lip etc.) And I really want to play oboe, but I don’t know what I’ll get a high score for in mouth piece testing. So what kind of traits make it easy for someone to play oboe? I know you have to kinda tuck your lips into your mouth, and I don’t have braces so it won’t hurt to do that. What other things like that would make me get a higher score for oboe?

I read it here.

I have read all sorts of things about what is required to play various instruments. A university student once gave me a booklet saying what various instruments required. According to that Louis Armstrong would be turned away from trumpet, to be sure.

I do suggest that those who choose oboe have hands large enough that their fingers stretch enough to reach the keys, and that they are old enough to deal with reeds.

Choose the instrument that you are most drawn to. Then practice. Hard. Take lessons from a good teacher. See if it works for you.

Clarinet or oboe??????????????
Which one is better????????

I play the oboe im just wondering what everyone prefers. What sounds better??/ What looks better?? I love the oboe personally and have been playing it for two years( almost grade 4) ;)

Sigh.

Read online:
How much are these instruments, The Oboe, The Bass Oboe, and the English Horn?
I want all prices from places around Leander and Austin Texas, i wan’t to be able to compare the prices
(I know they get pricey, so i would also like some “LOWER” prices)

So the person knows how to use “yahoo answers” but can’t figure out how to locate prices for instruments? Okay, then.

My dad has already spent 100$ on musical things, and since the oboe didnt come with a swab, i am swabless.

Not really the main point of the Yahoo question, but a sad thing to read.

The swab I recommend most from my not-so-favorite store is all of $3.75. It’s the first one listed here.