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Re: Poulenc oboe sonata

Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2011-07-09 00:44

JRC, like Mark that D# fingering is my preferred fingering. I realize it is not always possible and indeed that has brought me a some inconvenience this week after that tenon of my Buffet oboe broke (currently stuck in Leipzig customs) and i have had to play on a, actually, really nice student model Buffet courtesy of a student.

Also, the fingering that you suggested with G# key does not work with my Buffet and makes it a slightly flattish E! Ha! BUT on my old Loree it was a perfect E!

A previous teacher taught me this fingering and on his Marigaux it seems that he has to set his 3rd octave key quite high and admits that it is not always easy to get to it nice and soft without the right reed. On my Buffet the 3rd octave key is set to what i think is fairly standard BUT my half hole plate is waxed and that could have a profound effect on the possibility of these fingerings. I lift my index finger for most if not all notes above 3rd octave C. (A common practice in Europe and in Asia, where many many students were taught by teachers trained in Europe.)

Don't want to open a GIANT can of worms here but style of reeds could have a profound effect. E.g. smaller neck staples like Loree/Chiarugi 2 flattens the shorter fingerings that i use whereas bigger like Glotin/Chiarugi 3-7/Big Klopfer copy staples sharpen them. As with common sense, the closer the reed (NOT bad, soft cane of course) the more perfect these notes speak in soft dynamics.

Howard

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