Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2013-08-04 11:19
As usual this is an inexhaustible question...
I think for whatever reed style, it is important to find fingerings or setup your oboe (low C key -> E key height, 3rd octave key height, half hole plate height) to facilitate high notes which adheres to the following criteria:
1. That assuming your reeds are good and technique proper, that you need minimal or no amount of embouchure change to play in tune when crossing from 2nd octave C to C# and etc.
2. That they speak immediately, in soft dynamics.
With my short scrape reeds (i think my design is good... i can't say this for everyone else!) i set my oboe:
3rd octave key - very minimal opening
Half hole key - since i lift this key for the 3rd octave, which most American players do not do, i screw it down quite a lot but leave a small opening (like what many Dutch and English players do). For the "pure" French (do not believe such a thing really exist...), they leave it up high because they play top c# lifted but half hole for everything else in that register.
Low C key -> E key connection - Screwed down quite a lot but leaving enough opening to allow some of my special fingerings to work.
C# oxx|xoxC
D oxx|ooxC
D# oxx|oxx 3rd
E Hxx|oxx left or right G#,3rd, right Eb (add B key if not high enough)
F Hxo|oxx left or right G#,3rd, right Eb (add B key if not high enough)
All is possible.... for example, if i have to play D# really loudly, oxx|oxx B+1st octave is better. If it's a run, then i compromise of course. It all depends!
Post Edited (2013-08-08 09:03)
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