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Re: Bach BWV 1060, d minor? c minor?

Author: cjwright
Date: 2009-11-25 04:35

I have seen manuscripts of the Marcello and know that it is originally written in d minor. I would imagine 1060 is also originally scored in d minor.

When playing baroque oboe, you basically have to "half-hole" the left-hand ring finger in order to get an Ab, as well as right-hand index finger to get an F#, both which you're going to run into quite a bit in C minor, which makes the key much more difficult to play in than D minor. Some baroque oboe makers had a "dual hole" system (one hole next to another) which you can see here (click on "baroque oboes, A=415" and inspect with a magnifying glass), but this wasn't standard, and wasn't on many instruments, and more than often you were truly half-holing a single hole.

Cooper

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