The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. The English word “oboe” comes from the Italian version of hautbois, the name of the instrument in French (literal meaning, “high wood”); the Italian name displaced the older English name “hautboy” or “hoboy” in the 18th century. A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist. Careful manipulation of embouchure and air pressure allows the player to express a large timbral and dynamic range.
Missouri All-State Etudes for Oboe
– Performed by Iouri Vodolazski
– Performed by Iouri Vodolazski
Scales: All scales are to be MEMORIZED.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, three when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, three when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending.
Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Selected Studies for Oboe – Voxman/Rubank Publication
Advanced Method for Oboe – Voxman & Gower/Rubank Publication
Advanced Method for Oboe – Voxman & Gower/Rubank Publication
| Set I | Selected Studies | p. 6 | F Major |
| Advanced Method | p. 6 | #6 | |
| p. 6 | #7 | ||
| p. 6 | #8 | ||
| p. 36-37 | #20 | ||
| Set II | Selected Studies | p. 8 | d minor |
| Advanced Method | p. 7 | #13 | |
| p. 10 | #28 | ||
| p. 10 | #29 | ||
| p.23 | #5 | ||
| Set III | Selected Studies | p. 21 | b minor |
| Advanced Method | p. 9 | #27 | |
| p. 11 | #37 | ||
| p. 11 | #38 | ||
| p. 35 | #18 | ||
| Set IV | Selected Studies | p. 20 | D Major |
| Advanced Method | p. 17 | #66 | |
| p. 15 | #58 | ||
| p. 15 | #59 | ||
| p. 42 | #24 |
Etude information reprinted from http://www.missouribandmasters.org; All-State Band audition list.
