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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2003/07

From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 12:17:49 -0400

Maybe I don't understand your post correctly; but I would try using left F
in this situation and forget about using Forked F.

Miriam
----- Original Message -----
From: PhilFrei@-----.com
To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches

Hi -

I've been working on the F-major arpeggio on oboe. I'm noticing that in g
oing to or from low C to F (forked), if at any point the "E" finger is off
and the C finger down, not only does nothing sound, when the "E" finger fin
ally gets down or the "C" finger rises, the new note takes a while to kick
in.

In most cases where there is a glitch, one simply gets some sort of inter
mediate note, or if there is silence, it disappears as soon as one arrives
at the correct fingering (e.g., half-hole D to A, when the half-hole closur
e is incomplete but the rest of the fingers reach a proper A). But in this
case, the glitch seems to disrupt the ability of the oboe to play the next
note. What a curious thing, if that is what is occuring.

Do other people get this effect too? Going from G or F# or E to C and bac
k is no problem, so I don't think it is a matter of the reed or of the oboe
adjustment. But the forked-F C interval seems extra touchy, I think becaus
e of this effect, and much harder to bring up to high speed.

I'm wondering also if there are other "black hole" fingering glitches tha
t disrupt the oboe's ability to play the next note. Oh, probably the attemp
t to reach 3rd octave D, when the half-hole is not opened in time, qualifie
s as an example. That one is so notorious they've built new keys and finger
ings to circumvent it.

Phil Freihofner
Oakland