Tune your oboe with your microphone. The oboe plays at concert pitch and, by tradition, gives the tuning A to the whole orchestra.
Press Start tuning, then play or sing a note
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Concert pitch
The oboe’s pitch is hard to change quickly, so the oboe plays the tuning A and everyone else tunes to it. In the tuner settings, set the reference pitch your orchestra uses, often 440 or 442 Hz.
You can make small changes with the reed. Push it further into the instrument to raise the pitch slightly, or pull it out to lower it. But most of the work is in the reed itself and your embouchure (how you shape your lips).
The oboe gives the tuning A to the whole orchestra, so it has to be right before anyone else tunes.
Set the reference pitch your orchestra uses, press Start tuning and play your A. You can make small changes with how far the reed goes in and with your embouchure.
The oboe’s pitch is hard to change quickly and its clear sound is easy to hear, so the other players tune to its A.
No, the oboe sounds the note that is written. Its relatives, the cor anglais (in F) and the oboe d’amore (in A), do transpose.
Open the tuner settings and tap 442 under reference pitch, or use the 442 Hz tuner.