Author: Bobo
Date: 2008-09-14 22:53
I find that the new "big" oboes like Loree Royals and Howarth XLs have excellent forked F's, but that the classic and AK models have weaker ones. Perhaps this is a function of the deeper tone holes on the bigger oboes. Similarly, my Loree EHorn has a great forked F and I've thought it might be for the same reason. My 2007 model AK has a weaker forked F than my 1975 classic.
If you look closely at the snippets of Izotov on the Tchaik 4 video, you can infer that he's using a left F even though you can't see his left hand pinky because he reaches for the right Eb key and then moves that finger to the Db, in other words: LH F, RH Eb, LH Eb, RH Db. That's a little bit tricky to do on the last F in the solo (Db, Eb, F, Eb, Db) - instead of LH Eb, forked F, LH Eb (raising two fingers, that's it), you have to go LH Eb, RH Eb, LH F, RH Eb, LH Eb, which is hard to do gracefully.
Post Edited (2008-09-15 00:03)
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