 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2012-08-12 02:50
In my experience, flutes can play in the upper ranges faster than oboes can -- they seem designed to do that. I don't know what flute extremes are, but I know oboes aren't designed for that sort of gymnastics. Oboes speak too slowly, and have too many cross-fingerings, for that sort of thing.
I reserve a special place in u-no-where for composers and arrangers who think an oboe can double a flute in the altissimo (lots of them seem to be writing that way for wind ensembles). It takes an enormous amount of time to master the fingering combinations (they are not straightforward), it sounds hideous, and nobody can hear it anyway, most of the time. A total waste of time, IMO.
In general, a high "G" is playable by the oboist, but we don't really want to live there. Oboes are for tone and color, not for shrieking fast licks.
Susan
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RichardR |
2012-08-12 01:41 |
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JRC |
2012-08-12 02:01 |
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RichardR |
2012-08-12 02:21 |
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RichardR |
2012-08-12 02:39 |
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JRC |
2012-08-12 15:11 |
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RichardR |
2012-08-12 19:09 |
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ohsuzan |
2012-08-12 02:50 |
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jhoyla |
2012-08-12 18:57 |
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RichardR |
2012-08-13 12:57 |
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ohsuzan |
2012-08-12 19:39 |
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Wes |
2012-08-13 00:11 |
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Oboe Craig |
2012-08-13 00:48 |
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WoodwindOz |
2012-08-15 04:11 |
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RichardR |
2012-08-15 15:41 |
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