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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-11-13 16:03
It's usually a shame when saxes cover the missing cor part as more often than not the alto sax players in the average concert band aren't the greatest or most musical players in the world.
The RH finger spacing on some cors is often slightly narrower than that on oboe, though usually it's about the same. The E tonehole has been relocated higher up the lower joint to place it comfortably under RH3, but the diameter of the tonehole has been made smaller to compensate for the position and this does make the tone quality suffer to some degree on low E, plus makes low E played at pp a pain.
On an intermediate level cor you will only have the lack of the RH3 split D#-E trill mechanism, but you may also have a simplified forked F vent which will probably remain open for the altissimo notes. Pro cors have the low C key close the F vent for top C#, D and Eb which stabilise these notes, though on cors where the F vent remains open you may have to work at the tuning and response of them, but experiment with embouchures and also find fingerings in the RH which secure these notes.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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