Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2011-01-16 16:41
I will be completely unhelpful here, but having a third octave key, and with the proper height, as well as proper half hole plate setup (waxed, not diamond hole, helps buzzing in the middle register too! although it could work just as well with diamond hole in most cases), will make life so much easier in the top register:
() depicts alternative
h depicts half hole
C# 0xx|x0(x) c key
D 0xx|00(x) c key
Eb 0xx|000 c key + 3rd octave
E hx0|000 c key + 3rd octave
F hx0|000 g# key on either side + c key + 3rd octave
F# (x/h)x0|xx0 c key + 3rd octave
G x0x|x00 3rd octave (not safe for immediate soft attacks i.e. rite of spring)
Obviously a little bit of experiment is necessary to see how the C key should go down to close the E key. The height of the 3rd octave is crucial, affecting the response as well as intonation of Eb-F. (more open pitch higher but response less good) G# key can be held down for F-G for running passages.
Hope this is helpful for everyone else who has a 3rd octave key looking for alternative ways! Sorry about that Mark, i just never found the left G# + Eb scheme comfortable. But it is a proven method which the best players around the world use and swear by (and indeed for slow moments where tone and intonation is crucial they prove to be useful, but sometimes i substitute left G# with right), but as a mere mortal i have not been able to execute it reliably.
Regards,
Howard
p.s. on a side note, i think your fingering scheme should work well too and the C and Eb keys not necessarily crucial. try them without and see if they work. try also my fingerings with the 1st octave key, i have tried in some occasions oboes without the 3rd octave and they seem to work equally well!
Post Edited (2011-01-16 16:51)
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