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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2015-03-15 13:52
The basic fingering chart for this range is here (hosted on the woodwind.org website).
Make sure your half-hole plate is correctly adjusted - it should raise a tiny, tiny bit when you lift your finger. Too much, and Eb/E won't speak correctly [post edit]
As a cor-anglais player, you will be disappointed with the quality of sound obtainable in this range - it will always sound shrill to your ears. Do not despair - it still sounds clean, bright and beautiful to everyone else, as long as it is in tune.
Which is why you need to try all the different variations - including alternative fingerings on the following page - with your tuner. No squeezing (as Rachel points out) - just use your air to produce the note and find which fingering is perfectly in tune. You do need good support for these notes. You should not need a 3rd octave key for the three notes you mentioned.
A word of caution; trust your tuner. Don't trust the flautist next to you.
Practice scales and arpeggios with your tuner up to top E/F, slowly at first, and then gently speed up; get those fingerings feeling perfectly natural. Speed is the last stage - dynamic range, intonation and clean articulation (tongued and slurred) come first.
If after all this you are still disappointed with your sound in this range, you should perhaps consider getting reeds with a more narrow shape, more suited to the top register.
J.
Post Edited (2015-03-15 13:56)
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JohnW |
2015-03-15 04:03 |
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WoodwindOz |
2015-03-15 06:30 |
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Re: Playing the high notes new |
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jhoyla |
2015-03-15 13:52 |
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JohnW |
2015-03-19 05:15 |
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pisces71 |
2015-03-31 21:58 |
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EaubeauHorn |
2015-06-12 04:47 |
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