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Re: Philly High D

Author: newedit617
Date: 2014-07-28 19:05

This is such an interesting discussion because when I heard about how the Philly high D worked, my first thought was that it was redundant... because for years I've been playing high D with an extra key depressed! On the right hand I've been depressing not only the C key, but also D! I think I picked up this habit long ago on a Rigoutat REIC when the high D was consistently sharp. Also, on the soprano recorder which I also play, the fingerings are extremely similar to oboe. The recorder high D uses the right hand pinky and ring finger-- so it seemed a consistent transfer. I had since forgotten that this was not the "official" high D fingering on oboe. Last night I tried the correct D and it sounds so much better, even without the Philly D key. :-)

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