Editing Oboe (section)

== Other members of the oboe family ==
[[File:Musette To Heckel.jpg|thumb|right|The members of the oboe family from top: [[heckelphone]], [[bass oboe]], [[cor anglais]], [[oboe d'amore]], oboe, and [[piccolo oboe]]]]
The standard oboe has several siblings of various sizes and playing ranges. The most widely known and used today is the [[cor anglais]] (English horn) the tenor (or alto) member of the family. A [[transposing instrument]]; it is pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe. The [[oboe d'amore]], the mezzo-soprano member of the family, is pitched in A, a minor third lower than the oboe. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]] made extensive use of both the oboe d'amore as well as the ''taille'' and [[oboe da caccia]], Baroque antecedents of the cor anglais.

Less common is the [[bass oboe]] (also called baritone oboe), which sounds one octave lower than the oboe. [[Frederick Delius|Delius]], Strauss and [[Gustav Holst|Holst]] scored for the instrument.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hurd |first1=Peter |title=Heckelphone / Bass Oboe Repertoire |url=http://oboes.us/resources/repertoire.html |website=oboes.us |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>

Similar to the bass oboe is the more powerful [[heckelphone]], which has a wider bore and larger tone than the baritone oboe. Only 165 heckelphones have ever been made. Competent heckelphone players are difficult to find due to the extreme rarity of this particular instrument.{{sfn|Howe|Hurd|2004}}

The least common of all are the [[Piccolo oboe|musette]] (also called oboe musette or piccolo oboe), the sopranino member of the family (it is usually pitched in E{{music|flat}} or F above the oboe), and the [[contrabass oboe]] (typically pitched in C, two octaves deeper than the standard oboe).

Folk versions of the oboe, sometimes equipped with extensive keywork, are found throughout Europe. These include the musette (France) and the [[Piston (music)|piston oboe]] and [[Bombard (music)|bombarde]] ([[Brittany]]), the [[piffero]] and ciaramella (Italy), and the xirimia (also spelled [[chirimia]]) (Spain). Many of these are played in tandem with local forms of [[bagpipe]], particularly with the Italian [[müsa]] and [[zampogna]] or Breton [[biniou]].

[[David Stock]]'s concerto "Oborama" features the Oboe and its other members as a soloist, the instrument changing in each movement. (ex. Oboe D'amore in movement 3 and Bass Oboe in movement 4)