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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2003/01

From: Reedsoaker@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] F melodic minor scale, oboe
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:07:36 -0500

I'm having problems playing an F melodic minor scale
two octaves, specifically E-F-Eb-Db. Everything I've
found seems either impossible or extremely awkward.

Hi,
There are two solutions to this. They may be awkward for you. First
off, I assume you're referring to the top octave. You can switch from the
left hand fingering of E to the right hand fingering of F (I'm referring to
the G#,D# keys). This frees your left hand little finger to get to the B key
coming down to the Eb. The other solution is to stay with the left hand
pinkie on the E and F and use the short Eb fingering coming down (1/2, 2, 3,
G# + low C), but you can leave your LH pinkie on both the D# and G# keys for
the Eb.
Take care,
Phil Feather