Author: oboedrew
Date: 2008-09-14 20:16
James,
I have to disagree on the primacy of forked F for legato playing. I find it no more difficult to achieve a good legato slurring from left F to Eb or Db, and I think the ability to make such slurs smoothly with these fingerings is invaluable in certain passages. Just to clarify, it's not that I'm against any use of forked F. Certainly the forked F is very useful at faster tempos, or when one desires the unique color of that fingering, and I use it quite a bit in such cases. On a few oboes I've found it difficult to move smoothly from left F to Eb or Db, but only because there's too much play in the left F key, usually because the bumper cork underneath the left F key is too thin, which is easy enough to fix. But otherwise it shouldn't be a problem, at least not at slower tempos such as in the big Tchaik 4 solo.
Cheers,
Drew
www.oboedrew.com
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