sharke
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Help identifying an instrument
Hard to believe but I'm still sketchy at identifying some orchestra instruments.
What is the specific instrument which plays the slow melody in this video starting at 0:16? I figure it's a clarinet, but what type of clarinet exactly?
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 01:13:35
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sharke
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 01:14:51
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Ah yes you might be right, the oboe has more of a "pinched" sound than the clarinet does it not....
How embarrassing.....I thought I'd at least whittled it down lol....
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 01:37:51
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Definitely not a clarinet. I would agree with eph that it sounds either like an oboe or the lower register of a soprano sax.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 01:48:07
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Ohh I wouldn't have thought soprano sax though. It's an instrument that always stands out to me when I hear it and I think "that's really nice," and I keep meaning to properly identify it. It has a sort of pastoral quality which I like.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 17:32:29
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Probably an oboe or the lower, closely related english horn. It could be sax, but I doubt it in this context. I remember being told that - if you don't have an oboe in your ensemble - the oboe sound can be approximated by a clarinet and flute playing the line together with the flute up an octave.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 17:57:31
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Well one thing's for sure. I'm surprised that nobody's come out with "oh it's definitely X without a shadow of a doubt" - kind of makes me feel better for not knowing!
At the minute, I'm going with Cor Anglais. Have a listen:
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 19:51:27
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☄ Helpfulby sharke 2018/05/20 22:21:42
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 20:48:56
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it's double reed, she says it's more melancholy (the cor anglais) In your excerpt the range the instrument is in is right at the crossover point for oboe. Some of the higher notes are *pinched* like the oboe. Do you know the answer? i'M DYING TO NO!
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 22:22:00
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Now I'm even more confused than ever....
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/20 23:33:33
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I think it is a saxophone. Probably alto.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/21 01:49:46
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/21 01:49:46
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It is definitely, 100 percent an english horn, aka cor anglais.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/21 02:30:11
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I’d go with cor anglais. There’s that kind of buzzy double-reed very focused timbre going on, and the clarinet family generally has more depth and “body” to the tone than the instrument in question.
Not impossible it’s one of the lower-pitched members of the clarinet family like the basset or tenor being played a bit higher than it’s comfortable with, but they’re rare instruments while the cor anglais is part of the standard orchestral instruments.
Of course it might be a synth....
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/22 13:17:18
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rbecker
Probably an oboe or the lower, closely related english horn. It could be sax, but I doubt it in this context. I remember being told that - if you don't have an oboe in your ensemble - the oboe sound can be approximated by a clarinet and flute playing the line together with the flute up an octave.
Unique analysis! Interesting to see how mixtures of instrumental timbres can actually be equated to the raw sounds of other instruments. Just this past Sunday, I was visiting with a family friend where a few folks whipped out violin and tenor sax - with the violin playing over the tenor sax, I could've sworn there was a cello in the room. Very orchestral, warm beautiful sound as opposed to what is usually expected from the reediness of the saxophones. Of course, the room sound gives its distinct flavor as well. Would've probably been a bit different if I were sitting right next to the T. sax player, for example.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/22 15:39:07
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My first thought was Oboe as well, but that's because I have to confess i never think of English Horn in casual conversation unless it is brought up.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/22 16:05:26
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Oboe would be my first guess and then english horn.
One could check the score.
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/22 23:23:10
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It must be english horn, this melody goes a fourth lower (F) than the lowest tone an oboe can play (Bb).
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Re: Help identifying an instrument
2018/05/23 00:28:29
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