I play the oboe. are their any other instruments with music similar to the oboe?

Question

i play the oboe, and there is never any good sheet music to buy for the oboe, except for disney solos. i was looking into possibly buying popular songs of now. when i went onto sheet music plus i saw little voice (the album by sara barellies) but its not for the oboe.

is there any other instrument with music like the oboes that i could buy their sheet music for to get better music?

Answer 1

I'm a band director who was an oboe major.

It seems like everyone on here has no experience on oboe so disregard them.

The answer is NOT clarinet. It is too low for the oboes range.

Flute music will work

Answer 2

The oboes at my school occaisionaly play flute music.

Answer 3

The oboe is similar to the clarinet in many ways. Both are made from wood and have metal keys that can produce many notes rapidly. Unlike the clarinet, the oboe does not have a mouthpiece, but has two reeds tied together. By placing them between one's lips and blowing air through them, the reeds vibrate and produce a sound. you may also want to try the alto saxophone too

Answer 4

if you just want music, try piano or flute music. They're all in thesame key, and theres more variety.

Dont forget to take some of the notes down an ooctave or to

Answer 5

Try flute music because flute and oboe normally have the same melody and they are keyed together as C instruments. When you look through the music though, find music that stays in your note/octave range because flute tends to have very high notes.

Answer 6

clarinet?

Answer 7

Are you looking just for pop music or also classical music? Are you a serious musician or just play the oboe as a hobby?

The book, 48 Famous Studies by W. Ferling has solos for oboe/saxophone (it's the same music) which are very challenging. They are studies in every key alternating between slow and fast etudes (studies) and once you are able to master them, those studies sound truly beautiful.

If not, then I guess you can continue purchasing pop music.

Here's the link where you can purchase the book:

http://www.smcpublications.com/catalog/m...

This is link is where you can get a full description of each of the studies:

http://www.idrs.org/scores/ferling/index...

Answer 8

have you tried Bassoon? i haven't tried it but the reed is exactly, the same except bigger

clarinet is kind of similar, but i hink flute is a better option, especially if you're used to higher "duck" sounds. If you play flute, you would not need to transpose the music, but if you play clarinet you'd have to transpose all the music you play with a backking track/piano to compensate for the pitch of a Bb Clari

Answer 9

You're in the key of "C"... so you can play anything for flute, piano, guitar, violin, or voice!  

You may have to take some of the parts up or down an octave, but it will open up a lot of possiblities for you.

Also, clarinet music is usually similar as far as melodic shape, so you could try that.  It would require some transposition on your part though, if you want to play it with piano accompaniment... take all the notes DOWN 1 WHOLE STEP (so a written "C" would be a "Bb", and so on), and you would change keys in the same manner (if it were written in "D"- 2#s, you would use the key signature of "C"- all naturals).

For sheet music, try 8notes.com or google "free sheet music".

Hope this helped, and happy playing! :)