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Re: forked F ever?

Author: Wes
Date: 2009-02-03 21:36

Remember that Tabuteau used oboes without an F resonance key and that he said that the forked F is the most beautiful note on the oboe. He had the left key on his instruments, however. There is a great book now about him by Laila Storch.

I like the forked F and use the left key only when it is really needed. It keeps the movement in the right hand only rather than cross over to the left hand. In the fast passages in Italian in Algiers, I worked on both fingerings and felt I liked the forked F fingering better. To each his own!

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