French Oboe

The conservatoire oboe - better known as the French Oboe - became internationally accepted as standard in the 20th century.

$30.00

The bell of the French Oboe is gently flared, while that of the Viennese oboe is bell-shaped. The French oboe has a very assertive sound that can distinctly be heard in the orchestra, whereas the Viennese oboe tends to blend in more with the overall sound.

French Oboe
ARTICULATION GROUP    
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES Staccato
Portato short
Sustained with and without vibrato
Portato long with vibrato
Portato long without vibrato, hard and soft attack
Sustained with progressive vibrato
02 DYNAMICS pfp with vibrato, 2 and 4 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato with vibrato
Medium dynamics with vibrato, 2, 3, 4 sec.
Strong dynamics without vibrato, 2, 3, 4 sec.
pfp with vibrato, 8 sec.
pfp without vibrato, 3, 5, 8 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato without vibrato, sforzatissimo
03 FLATTER + TRILLS Flutter tonguing normal and dynamics
Trills constant speed, minor and major 2nd
Trills accelerando, minor and major 2nd
Dynamics for all trills
10 PERF INTERVAL Legato Grace notes, legato, minor 2nd to octave
Marcato interval performance
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST Legato Marcato
12 PERF TRILL   Trills, legato, minor 2nd to major 3rd
13 PERF REPETITION Legato slow
Portato fast
Staccato fast
Legato fast
Portato slow
Staccato slow
Dynamics for all repetitions
14 GRACE NOTES   Grace notes
Minor 2nd to octave
Up and down
15 SCALE RUNS   Octave runs
Major and minor, C to B key
Chromatic and whole tone
Up and down
98 RESOURCES Legato with sustain crossfading Isolated dynamics repetitions
Single layer long notes (pp, p, mf, f)

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System Requirements

  • Windows 8.1 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • macOS 10.14 (latest update), Intel Core i3
  • 7200 rpm hard drive for the sample content
  • 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • iLok Account and iLok License Manager software for activation in the cloud or on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key

Recommended

  • Windows 10/11 (latest updates, 64-bit), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 11 (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • 8 GB RAM
  • SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • 4 GB