oboe

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If you learn the clarinet, then the oboe is a relatively easy transition.

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  1. noun A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece, having a range of three octaves and a penetrating, poignant sound.
  2. noun A reed stop in an organ that produces a sound similar to that of the oboe.

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  • Like the time she showed Beldan her oboe, as one of the rough human counterparts to his music-pipe. —  BEN BOVA Editor
  • Still, 20 minutes of tenor and oboe is a long time, and the downside to this programme was the pacing. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • Cornelius Meloy Artistic Ventures, LLC is will be holding auditions on Sept. 26-27 for 10 classical musicians (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and more). —  The Seattle Times
  • Playing the other oboe wasn't pleasant; the reeds that work so well on the misbehaving oboe don't work the same in the other. —  oboeinsight
  • Part of me wonders if my oboe is just fried and if it's time to bite the bullet and look for a new one. —  oboeinsight
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  1. Italian, from French hautbois; see hautboy.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese oboe = German oboe = Swedish oboe = Danish obo (cf. Dutch hobo, German hoboe, English hoboe, hoboy, directly from the F.), from Italian oboe, from French hautbois, hautboy: see hautboy.
 

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/ˈoʊbəɛ/
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