Bass Oboe

    
Bass Oboe    10:19 on Sunday, March 11, 2007          

James_Dowdy_Moos
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Has anyone here played on one or seen one in real life? I can only recall one from the Planets. Very curious about it....


Re: Bass Oboe    10:58 on Sunday, March 11, 2007          

werothegreat
(270 points)
Posted by werothegreat

I have never had the privilege to be in the same room as a bass oboe, but I'm more familiar with them than most. Be warned that there are two types: the true bass oboe, which is basically a longer english horn, and the heckelphone, which has a wider bore, a farther range, and a fuller sound. I've been told that the bass oboe is rather weak. The heckelphone is sort of a cross between a bassoon and an oboe. It is made by bassoon makers, and its reed is more of a bassoon reed, but it is straight and has oboe fingerings. It is also the only instrument in the oboe family with a low A key.


Re: Bass Oboe    11:27 on Thursday, March 15, 2007          

oboistfrk
(131 points)
Posted by oboistfrk

Yes. I have PLAYED a bass oboe. Once in a lifetime op.


Re: Bass Oboe    15:41 on Monday, March 19, 2007          

dad
(76 points)
Posted by dad

there's a bass oboe in a piece called Asyla by the English composer Thomas Ades


   




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