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As per your question ... whether sharps or flats are preferred by an oboist. Not really any difference ... however, lots of Band music is written in flats ... and 5 flats can be a slight pain the A =440!

It's a cool piece, the title fits it very well! Some random thoughts: 1) You notated the opening motif as completely detached. Not sure if that's what you intend, in musical terms I think that would work better with some slurring (how much is up to you, you may just slur the first 2 notes, the whole 5 notes, etc.). Also, I'm hearing your audio as if it was slurred, some programs (such as Noteperformer) tend to slur detached passages if played extremely fast, because it's almost physically impossible to play them properly. 2) That new motif at measure 5 would be way more readable if notated in duplets (+staccato). 3) Those dashed lines in the crescendos are unnecessary, this is some old-fashioned practice that adds unnecessary clutter (you just know the crescendo will keep going on until the next dynamic). 4) You're asking about using sharps/flats. As a rule of thumb, try to choose those accidentals that tend to look similar to typical chords and tonal things. This is a very loose guideline, but try to avoid stuff like diminished 4ths, augmented 3rds, mixing flats and sharps that are in opposite sides of the circle of fifths, etc. E.g. if you write something that resembles an Ebm(maj7,9) chord, write it as such, not with Eb's but with A#'s. cheers

I think you've put this in the wrong section of the forum.