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Re: Slurring to top D

Author: ceri
Date: 2011-03-24 07:31

I have been taught to lift the finger completely only for the top C#. I half hole D, Eb, E, F using the (fairly) standard fingers which were given earlier for C# and D and the "long" fingerings for the others (E= 1/2XX 0XX + G#+Eb).

Another thing which I think differs from thumb-plate users is the 3rd octave key. I use this for E upwards. When I bought a new Howarths conservatoire system oboe last year the shop told me that the key should only be used for F upwards and the E wasn't in tune (and was harder to play) when I used the 3rd octave key. However, fingering habits die hard so after a couple of weeks I agreed to let my teacher lower the 3rd octave key (he had wanted to do it as soon as I got it) so that I could go back to using the key for E.

WoodwindOz, I had an old Marigaux before I bought my current Howarths. The actual half-hole opening is very small and can get clogged up - have you tried removing it and cleaning it? I had a similar problem to you - couldn't slur up to high D. This was fairly early on in my oboe learning days and my teacher kept telling me I wasn't putting enough air into it. One day in desperation I handed him my oboe and he couldn't do it either. He promptly dismantled the oboe, cleaned the half-hole and it suddenly became possible!

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