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Re: Oboe beginner's woes

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-08-26 03:28

Sounds to me like you're using the wrong fingering chart for this oboe - Regents are basic thumbplate system oboes so the fingerings for Bb and C are different to conservatoire system oboes which appears from the description what you're using. On thumbplate systems the RH1 fingerplate isn't linked to the top joint main action apart from the arm that closes the G# pad cup for an F#-G# trill. Most of the fingerings for the other notes are the same, apart from Bb and C which are:

Bb - xxo|ooo with the left thumb off the thumbplate
C - xoo|ooo also with the left thumb off the thumbplate (like the C on a flute).

The same fingering is used in the upper register but with the 2nd 8ve key open (the touchpiece under the 2nd joint of your left index finger in a similar position as a clarinet's throat G# key).

And as Regents have simple 8ve keys, you have to release the thumb 8ve key when you open the 2nd 8ve key with your left index finger when going between G-A in the upper register (but keep your left thumb on the thumbplate for these notes).

Howarth B and S10 oboes are also both basic thumbplate system oboes like the Regent as are Bundy and Buffet student model oboes made for the UK market.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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