Post by kerioboe on Apr 20, 2008 10:42:21 GMT
Until very recently I found it virtually impossible to tongue rapidly on the oboe so I would learn everything slurred and then, reluctantly, let my teacher mark in the articulation. Having discovered that I can tongue I am now interested in how you decide what to slur and what to tongue.
I do have a few precise questions about a Telemann Fantasia which I will keep for a later post. First I would like to know if the following general principles are correct when playing a fast movement with semi-quaver passages (ie no change in rhythm).
Baroque music very rarely slurs more than three notes at a time. (This is the point I am least sure about, it just seems that everytime I wanted to slur four or more notes together my teacher wouldn't let me).
Repeated thirds can be slurred in pairs.
Three notes ascending (or descending) in thirds can be slurred.
Three adjacent notes can be slurred if the fourth is not adjacent (G,A,B, D or A,G,A, E). If the fourth note is adjacent that it would be better to slur the first two and tongue the last two (G,A, B, A).
Question: What do you do with large intervals? I seem to remember my teacher saying something about baroque oboes but what? (Not being able to slur large intervals or only being able to slur them or only being able to slur them one way)?
I do have a few precise questions about a Telemann Fantasia which I will keep for a later post. First I would like to know if the following general principles are correct when playing a fast movement with semi-quaver passages (ie no change in rhythm).
Baroque music very rarely slurs more than three notes at a time. (This is the point I am least sure about, it just seems that everytime I wanted to slur four or more notes together my teacher wouldn't let me).
Repeated thirds can be slurred in pairs.
Three notes ascending (or descending) in thirds can be slurred.
Three adjacent notes can be slurred if the fourth is not adjacent (G,A,B, D or A,G,A, E). If the fourth note is adjacent that it would be better to slur the first two and tongue the last two (G,A, B, A).
Question: What do you do with large intervals? I seem to remember my teacher saying something about baroque oboes but what? (Not being able to slur large intervals or only being able to slur them or only being able to slur them one way)?
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