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Re: Finger Chart for TP Oboe

Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2017-03-26 11:53

Fingering Chart for the English Thumb Plate Oboe.

This is a fingering chart for the Thumb Plate system Oboe, also know as the English Thumb Plate. This includes all the basic fingerings with extra fingerings for certain notes and a few 'harmonic' fingerings that work very well also.

Here are the symbols used for the fingering chart itself.
<> = half hole (finger one LH)
X = Finger down on tone hole
O = Finger off tone hole.
|| = Left Hand fingers 123 on the left and Right Hand fingers 345 in the right.
Tp = Left Hand thumb down on Thumb Plate. (no TP show = Thumb Plate not down.)
8ve 1 = Octave key above TP opened.
8ve 2 = Octave Key on side opened.
Xs = The small touch piece for finger one (as well as covering first tone hole)
Plus the various touch keys as follows :- LH = G# B Bb Eb.
RH = Bb F C C# Eb
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Low Register

Low Bb/A# Tp XXX Bb|| XXX plus RH C if no C-B linkage.

Low B Tp XXX B || XXX plus RH C if no C-B linkage.

C (middle C) Tp XXX || XXX C

C# / Db Tp XXX || XXX C#

D Tp XXX || XXX

D# / Eb Tp XXX || XXX Eb
Tp XXX Eb || XXX

E Tp XXX || XXO

F Tp XXX || XX F O
Tp XXX || XOX 'fork F'
Tp XXX F || XXO (if LH 'long F' fitted)

F#/ Gb Tp XXX || XOO

G Tp XXX || OOO

G# / Ab Tp XXX G# || OOO
Tp XXX || G# OOO (if RH G# fitted over RH side lever)

A Tp XXO || OOO (finger 6 can be put down for special effect)

A# / Bb XXO || OOO (* Tp off)
Tp XXO ||Bb OOO RH Side lever

B Tp XOO || OOO
Tp XOX Bb || XXX C Harmonic

C XOO || OOO (* Tp off )
Tp XOX || XXX C Harmonic
____________________________________________________________
Middle Register

C# / Db Tp <>XX || XXX C#

D Tp <>XX || XXX Half hole first finger

D# / Eb Tp <>XX || XXX Eb Half hole first finger but can
Tp <>XX Eb || XXX be played without half holing
if necessary. Plus Octave Key.

E 8ve 1 / Tp XXX || XXO

F 8ve 1 / Tp XXX || XX F O
8ve 1/ Tp XXX || XOX 'fork F'
8ve 1 / Tp XXX F || XXO (if LH 'long F' fitted)

F# / Gb 8ve 1 / Tp XXX || XOO

G 8ve 1 / Tp XXX || OOO

G# / Ab 8ve 1 / Tp XXX G# || OOO
8ve 1 / Tp XXX || G# OOO (if RH G# fitted over RH Bb
lever)

A 8ve 2 / Tp XXO || OOO

A# / Bb 8ve 2 / XXO || OOO (* Tp off)
8ve 2 / Tp XXO ||Bb OOO RH side lever

B Oct 2 / Tp XOO || OOO
Oct 2 / Tp XOX || XXX Harmonic (Tp on)

C 8ve 2 XOO || OOO (* Tp off)
8ve 2 / Tp XOX || XOX Harmonic (Tp on)
____________________________________________________________
High Register

C# / Db Tp OXX || XOO C (no octave key)
Tp OXX || XOX C# (or C) (no octave key)
8ve 2 / Tp OXX || XXX C#
8ve 2 / Tp OOO || OOO

Note that for most of the higher notes that have the first LH finger half holing, this finger can be left off if the top plate is adjusted correctly to just barely open when Tp is depressed. (as suggested by Chris Peryagh)

D Tp <>XX || OOO C (no octave key)
Tp <>XX || OOO (no octave key)
Tp <>XX || OOX C# (no octave key)
(Tp <>XX || OXX C#) (no octave key)

D# / Eb 8ve1 / Tp OXX G# || OXX first finger off
8ve 1 / Tp <>XX G# || OOX C#
8ve 1 / Tp <>XX G# || OXX C#
8ve 1 / Tp <>XX G# || OOO (C )
Tp OXX || OXXEb first finger off/no octave key

E 8ve 1 / Tp <>XX G# || OXX Eb
8ve 1 / Tp <>XX G# || OOO
8ve 1 / Tp <>XO || OOO

F 8ve 1 / Tp <>XO G# || OXX Eb
8ve 1 / Tp <>XO G# || OXX
8ve 1 / Tp <>XO G# || OOO
8ve 1 / Tp XXO || XXO C

F# / Gb 8ve 1 / Tp XOO || XOO C
8ve 1 / Tp XOX || XOO C# (or C)
8ve 1 / Tp <>XO G# || Bb OXX Eb (with Bb side lever)
8ve 1 <>XO || XOO C (C#) (* no Tp)

G 8ve 1 / Tp XOX || XOO
8ve 1 Xs OO || XOO C (* no Tp)
8ve 1 / Tp XOO || XX F O C

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Post Edited (2017-04-25 10:17)

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