Common Oboe Family Members
- Piccolo Oboe: The highest-pitched instrument in the family, sometimes called a musette.
- Oboe: The standard, most common oboe used in orchestras.
- Oboe d’amore: A mezzo-soprano oboe, pitched between the oboe and the English horn.
- Cor Anglais (English Horn): A tenor oboe with a lower range and a distinctive bulb-shaped bell.
- Bass Oboe: A lower-pitched member of the family.
- Heckelphone: A deep-pitched baritone/bass oboe, though its inclusion is sometimes debated.
Other Oboe Family Instruments
- Oboe da caccia: A historical instrument, lower in pitch than the oboe.
- Bombarde: A high-pitched double-reed instrument, often associated with folk music.
- Contrabass Oboe: The lowest member of the oboe family.
- Musette: A very high-pitched, smaller version of the oboe.
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