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Re: Oboe beginner's woes

Author: chikkinn
Date: 2014-08-27 01:36

Thank you so much to both of you for your input, it is indeed a thumbplate system oboe! I hadn't honestly tried playing Bb before, I was too focused on C and B. So how do I play a B? Playing the fingerings you posted, Chris P, does produce two notes a full tone apart (which is a great relief, finally this instrument's starting to make sense), so it looks like I have C and Bb down. But according to http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/oboe/ob_bas_1.html , the fingering for B on a conservatoire instrument is the same as the fingering you gave me for C on my thumbplate instrument. Do I use the alternative, A#4 trill fingering for B? Because that seems to work (though admittedly I'm not sure I'm doing it right; do you just slide your left index finger further to the right to both cover the hole it normally does and also press the plate directly next to it down?)

Thank you!

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