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Re: Origin of key names?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-10-26 16:22

Fork fingerings are with fingers 1 and 3 only of any hand - on Oehler/Albert systems there's forked Fs and Bbs (Bb/F xxx|xox and top Bb xox|ooo), likewise with Boehms there's the LH forked Eb/Bb if the mechanism is fitted.

B or F# played as xxo|xo/o isn't strictly speaking a forked fingering as it's opening a tonehole for the note to issue from and all other toneholes below it are open.

A true forked fingering has a tonehole closed below the open tonehole where the note issues from, so real forked fingerings are found on recorders, Baroque woodwinds, modern oboes, bassoons and non-Boehm system clarinets. On saxes, one good fingering for altissimo C has forked fingerings for both hands - 8ve xox|xox.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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