Sentence examples for below the standard oboe from inspiring English sources
Thomas Stacy, the Philharmonic's principal English hornist, played the oboe d'amore, a mezzo-soprano oboe pitched a third below the standard oboe, which added an unusual, dark-hued timbre to the wistful work.
We fell below the standards that we have set.
As the principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra, he helped set the standard for orchestral oboe performance in the United States and around the world.
English horn, French cor anglais, German Englischhorn, orchestral woodwind instrument, a large oboe pitched a fifth below the ordinary oboe, with a bulbous bell and, at the top end, a bent metal crook on which the double reed is placed.
The English horn, or cor anglais, is pitched in F, a fifth below the oboe, and is believed to resemble J.S. Bach's oboe da caccia.
The oboe d'amore, in A, pitched a minor third below the oboe, is made with a globular bell like that of the cor anglais.
Instruments pitched an octave below the oboe are rarer.
It is usually built in C an octave below the oboe, with an extended lower register.
The performance fell below the Bayreuth standard.
