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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2003/07

From: Barbara Trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:56:08 -0400

My reaction, too. . .

B

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Miriam Williams wrote:

> 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 going 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 finally 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 intermediate 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 closure 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 back 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 because of this effect, and much harder to bring up to high speed.
>
> I'm wondering also if there are other "black hole" fingering glitches that disrupt the oboe's ability to play the next note. Oh, probably the attempt to reach 3rd octave D, when the half-hole is not opened in time, qualifies as an example. That one is so notorious they've built new keys and fingerings to circumvent it.
>
> Phil Freihofner
> Oakland