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Author: newedit617
Date: 2015-10-24 18:34
Attachment: Sugar Plum Fairy oboe.jpg (158k)
Hello all,
The wind quintet I'm in is playing an arrangement from "The Nutcracker Suite." Attached is an excerpt from Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Any suggestions on the best fingering for these crazy passages? I especially like that high E to low B in the third line... nothing like a 2.5 octave jump! ;-)
Specifically, what would you recommend for:
midC# highC# midD# highD#?
And the high E to low B?
Post Edited (2015-10-24 18:37)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-10-25 01:28
Who arranged that? A string player?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: oboi
Date: 2015-10-25 01:51
It's kinda awful, but I would use normal fingering for that. I hope you have a Left E-flat key and can easily slide to the low B key easily. People use many variants of fingerings for their 3rd octave, to accommodate for the instrument. I find the passage slow enough that I'd just use my normal fingerings. I wouldn't revert to trill/secondary fingerings at this speed. I would find the fact that there are so many huge leaps to be the toughest aspect (embouchure-wise).
My regular fingerings are:
midC# - Dxx|xxxC#
highC# - oxx|xooC
midD# - use reg or alt as needed
highE - low B - (3rdoct)Dxx(AbEb)|oxx --> slide pinky to standard low B
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Author: newedit617
Date: 2015-10-25 15:32
Hehe! Overall the arrangement is good-- this is the only weird part so far. :-)
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Author: newedit617
Date: 2015-10-25 15:35
Thanks, oboi. I spent some time on this yesterday and ended up coming to the same conclusion. Do both C#s on the right, and both D#s on the left. A few people suggested RH pinky for mid-D#, but I find it easier to do the slide with the left.
This is the toughest thing I've played in a while!
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Author: Loree BF51
Date: 2015-11-29 09:48
Regarding the long, downward interval, it is possible that by lifting the left-hand (half-hole) finger, in between the high E and low B, and then putting the finger back down, over the hole, when changing fingering, the lower note may speak better. This may be dependent on whether or not, your instrument meets the "Moenning 30 second, vacuum-hold" test on the upper joint. After my second Loree was recorked by Brannen, it would pass this test and it seemed to make a difference on things like this. Regards.
R. Still former student
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-11-29 11:18
It's a shame the natural laws of harmonics won't allow the low B to overblow to an E if you use the back 8ve as that would make that interval a doddle. You'll get top line F# as low B overblows a 12th using the back 8ve (like a clarinet).
I sometimes use low Bb overblown a 12th for top line F using the back 8ve key if I want that F at ff with a full sound if it's a long held note.
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Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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