Range Oboe Bb3-Bb6 Typical composing range Bb3-G6
Extended Dynamics The dynamic range of an oboe is smaller than other instruments. Greater than flute but less than clarinet. Techniques The lower register is difficult to articulate softly.
Breathing for Composers Due to the resistance in the reed, 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 Multiphonics Di erent kinds: Complex: several straight tones Beating: some or all tones beat, rate of beating will vary but usually be pretty fast Multi-harmonic: several harmonic/overblown tones Metamorphic: one ngering can be pure pitch (often several) or multiphonic 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 embouchure 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 shehnai and nadaswaram -Korean piri -Armeniam duduk
Oboe and Electronics Tape Live processing
Recommended rep: Nicholas Deyoe - NCTRN 2 (nd on soundcloud) Berio - Sequenza VII for oboe Jack Vees - Apocrypha for solo oboe and electronics Isang Yun - 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):
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