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Re: Oboe vs clarinet options

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2015-08-10 19:17

Not quite sure exactly what you mean - but assuming it is what I think then I would suggest that it is because the oboe has quite a lot fewer toneholes than the clarinet and so needs more complex arrangement of mechanism to link these for the required result.
As result it also has a much simpler fingering pattern than the clarinet.

Note that a student oboe has far fewer options but is still capable of playing the entire range.
A full professional oboe provides the options to allow an experienced player to more easiliy negotiate complex technical passages.

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