Author: vboboe
Date: 2006-06-04 18:11
... rocka da nose greased pinkie in da groove, man, turn down left for B-flat, turn up right for B, depends on size of hands and pinkie for how much left wrist drop rotation needed to get enough reach and pinkie joint leverage
... same for right pinkie, rock between C & Eb, tip of pinkie in groove pointing but not touching C#
... adjust pinkie set key spacing a tad if necessary
... yes, i've seen it done, it's awesome, so subtle, so minimalist, but no i can't get it yet. If it's superhuman for you too, grease your pinkies for ye normal average human's slide technique
...dontcha just love synchronising triple finger lifts on two hands!?
Remember 'minimal lift & drop' is all that's actually needed, don't need vertical hydraulic lifts for pinkies, but to begin with, muscles need fine tuning
... finger exercise prop -- put an suitable size elastic band figure of eight on R3 & R4, just loose enough to reach E-flat, but snug enough to lift R4 when lift R3 (that is, don't actually lift R4 by itself, instead lift R3 and bring R4 up with it)
PS, this normal average human just added to specs wishlist for my next upgrade in oboe (maybe 3 years from now, might be enough time to make progress on both slide and rocking techniques) -- gotta have low B-C link :-)
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