Range Bb3-Bb6 Typical composing range Bb3-G6

Extended Dynamics The dynamic range of an oboe is smaller than other instruments. Greater than but less than . Techniques The lower register is difficult to articulate softly.

Breathing for Composers Due to the resistance in the , less air is used and oboists must exhale stale oxygen as well as inhale. Give oboists room to breathe in your music. .

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Recommended resources: Oboe Unbound by Libby van Cleve The Contemporary Oboe by Chenna and Salmi The Techniques of Oboe Playing by Peter Veale “Contemporary Oboe Techniques - A Guide for Compoers” YouTube Series Di erent kinds: Complex: several straight tones Beating: some or all tones beat, rate of beating will vary but usually be pretty fast Multi-: several harmonic/overblown tones Metamorphic: one ngering can be pure pitch (often several) or Think about the function of multiphonics: texture, pitch, or both? Also multiphonic trills are a thing Multiphonics have individual dynamic ranges - some speak best at f and some speak best at p

Rolling Tones low Bb-sometimes Eb/E Requires placing the much higher on the reed and pressing reed onto lower lip Can somewhat control the speed/intensity of roll Can’t be done on heftier or more open reeds

Pitch bending The oboe comes from a lineage of highly microtonal and pitch-exible instruments! -Indian and -Korean -Armeniam

Oboe and Electronics Tape Live processing

Recommended rep: Nicholas Deyoe - NCTRN 2 (nd on soundcloud) Berio - VII for oboe Jack Vees - Apocrypha for solo oboe and electronics - Piri Toru Takemitsu - Distance for oboe and sho her. hig fifth and a octave rd. te to be hea ve no mbol abo onic sy harm Place More notation options:

Alternate ngerings (timbral change e ect): Microtonal (pitch shift e ect):

Multiphonics: (metamorphic)

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