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Author: rgombine
Date: 2018-07-19 02:43
Orchestral excerpt question: oboe solo in the trio of Beethoven’s 4th
Symphony.
Specifically having problems with the Eb-F trill.
I am playing LH Eb with forked F trill. However, with the half hole open, the F sounds like a pressure-bleeding valve on a radiator! Is there a fingering that would make it prettier? Has anyone tried putting a little bit of tape on the half hole to make it a little less open?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-07-19 16:28
Use the back 8ve key for this trill as it's the forked F that needs that to work.
Play the upper register Eb as 8ve1 xxx|xxxEb or 8ve1 xxxEb|xxx and trill with RH finger 2 (mid fingerplate).
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-07-19 16:44
Attachment: beethoven4thtrio.jpg (50k)
See attachment - wouldn't it be easier to use the RH Eb key for this trill considering it resolves to a D (thus keeping it all in the right hand)?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Hotboy
Date: 2018-07-19 20:00
Just how the F sounds in this trill is a function of your instrument, your reed, and your support. As Chris mentioned, often the solution can be to use the thumb octave key and closed half-hole, or the thumb octave key and open half-hole....try both to see which feels/sounds best.
When I play this passage, I like to end the trill on the Eb, and if I maximize my support, the F comes out well enough on my Loree AK so that I don't have to use an alternate fingering.
Also, as Chris mentioned, I can see no reason to use the left Eb key to play this passage.
Dane
Bay Area, California
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Author: rgombine
Date: 2018-07-20 09:59
Thanks everyone. Didn’t even think of just playing it with the thumb octave. That did the trick.
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