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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-11-13 17:55
While playing through the 'Wizard of Oz' oboe book eariler in preparation for Wednesday's bandcall (and performance all next week), there's an oboe solo with an 8ve leap from upper register Eb to alsissimo Eb.
After a bit of experimenting I found this can be done dead easily by playing upper Eb (oxx|xxxEb) and simply lifting off RH finger 1 which gives altissimo Eb, so giving the fingering oxx|oxxEb which gives a pretty good altissimo Eb without using the G# key. The lower 8ve key can be opened as well if you want, but it's not really needed (and if you're going from Eb to E natural, then just open the G# key if you're already using the back 8ve key).
Just so you know - I have the top fingerplate screwed down on my oboe so it barely opens, but there's a tiny amount of movement in it which is why I marked LH1 as open in the fingering diagram.
Try it out, see how it works and comment on your findings - it made things loads easier for me, so I thought I ought to share it with you.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2011-11-13 18:02)
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Dead Easy Upper Eb To Altissimo Eb Leap! new |
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Chris P |
2011-11-13 17:55 |
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JRC |
2011-11-14 02:45 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-11-14 08:50 |
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WoodwindOz |
2011-11-14 22:49 |
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ohsuzan |
2011-11-14 23:24 |
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Chris P |
2011-11-15 00:02 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-11-15 00:17 |
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