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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2003/07
From: "Mel Beiman" <mbeiman@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 16:39:18 -0400
Phil,
Let go of the low C key when going to forked F. The C key may be closing the
2nd finger key on the right hand. Forked F will not work if that key is
closed.
Mel Beiman
English Horn and Assistant Principal Oboe (Retired)
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Anti-note glitches
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
