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Author: musichick
Date: 2004-02-18 21:16
if one was listening to a recording, but couldnt tell if it was an oboe or an english horn playing, how could they tell which it is without compairing it to the other?
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2004-02-18 21:40
If you can't tell the two apart by their sound alone, then you might get a clue from the range the solo is written in. If it goes up really high, like higher than an F or G on top of the staff, then it's probably an oboe. If it goes really low consistently, like below a B or Bb below the staff, then it's probably an English horn.
Another thing to listen for would be where the octave break occurs. This is really obvious on the English horn, and usually to a lesser degree on the oboe. The break occurs between the middle C and the D fingerings on both horns, but occurs on notes a fifth lower on English horn than on oboe. If you hear a noticable change in the timbre of the notes between a "concert" F and G, then you're listening to an English horn. If you hear a more tinty sounding C and then a more resonant D, you're listening to an oboe.
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2004-02-18 21:43
It's also possible you could be listening to an oboe d'amore, in which case you would hear an octave break between the notes "concert" A and B. What piece are you listening to and where in that piece? I might be able to tell you which one it is.
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Author: musichick
Date: 2004-02-19 22:17
nothing specifically, just curious. I thought the solo in the second movement of Dvorak's no.9 was an oboe until I was corrected. Thank you for the advice
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Author: name
Date: 2004-03-14 20:35
Well the difference is the high pitch and the lower pitch. Listen to one and listen to the other on seperate cds and you can tell the difference
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