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Re: Slurring to top D

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2011-03-24 10:18

One last point to ponder.

There are alternative fingerings which we tend to forget for altissimo C# and D. The trill keys!

In many situations, using the trill key instead of "going over the break" to the altissimo register can produce a nicer note with fewer problems, and the slur is effortless. Especially for fast and pianissimo passages you should give it a try. The sound has a different quality, but top D and above tend to squeal a bit anyhow.

Other alternative fingerings to remember (as Chris pointed out here, and in the past) are the harmonic B and open C#.

Harmonic B is played by playing top A and then adding RH1 + RH2. Try it!

Open C# has ALL the keys open including the LH1 for a thumbplate player, requiring RH1 on conservatoire instruments. Very unstable mechanically, especially for the high C# on a thumbplate system since the only two fingers on the instrument are the RH thumbrest and the sideways push on 2nd octave! You adjust the intonation by adjusting the height of the half-hole key.

D is the fundamental key of the Oboe - raising one finger at a time gives you all 7 notes, with open C# at the top.

J.

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