Converse of object

• play: I started playing the oboe at the age of eleven.

• study: He studied oboe and pianoforte at the Royal Marines School of Music, where he also became interested in composing music.

• use: Mozart, for one, was extremely skilled at using the oboe to its full advantage in an ensemble.

• teach: Until then she had taught the oboe, clarinet and piano for twelve years in five schools in Hertfordshire.

• include: The accompaniment also includes two oboes, two clarinets, two bass bassoons, two horns, tuba and tympani.

• have: However, on closer examination, the score suggests that Vanhal probably had the oboe in mind.

Adjective modifier

• orchestral: He had with him one of his wooden flue pipes, orchestral oboe.

• principal: She started her career as principal oboe in the BBC Welsh Orchestra.

• second: Everyone was weeping with laughter except for Bridget Alexander, the second oboe.

• first: Since 1981, he has been first oboe of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.

• historical: Keith lives in Norfolk, where he now has the workshop and from where all our serpents and historical oboes are despatched.

• modern: The chanter reeds are usually like the ones in shawms, or modern oboes.

Modifies a noun

• d'amore: But what about finding oboe d'amore and baroque trumpet players in 1990s Japan?

• concerto: He has recently completed an oboe concerto commissioned by the John Lewis Partnership for Nick Daniel for 10 performances in October 1998.

• solo: All ended with a well-shaped oboe solo against the quiet thrum of the harp.

• player: A few violinists join up with a group of cellists who know some oboe players.

• melody: It grew from a simple oboe melody to a full blown performance including bagpipes!

• teacher: WIND 10-12 Tim Eaton has been an oboe specialist teacher with the London Boro of Redbridge Music Service for almost 20 years.

Noun used with modifier

• baroque: She specializes in the baroque oboe, and teaches the instrument at several centers of music.

• solo: The advertisements in fact put the solo oboe, clarinet or cornet players in big bold type.