ok i heard there are alternate fingerings 4 d flat is there really and is there anyother alter. fingering i should know about
thanks amanda

Could you please use dots (.) and big letters so I can have any change of understanding this.

ok i heard there are alternate fingerings for d flat. Is there really such thing and is there any other ones like that with fingering i should know about?

thanks amanda

THATS WHAT I THINK WAS WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY. If not, Amanda has very poor grammer skills.

even that doesnt make sense. What instrument are you talking about. What a waste of a post.

I am not English nor American so I can hardly understand text written with bad english

By the way, what is "d flat"

hey, be nice you guys....she`s just looking for help...first of all, she`s in the oboe section, so my guess is she`s talking about the fingering for Db on the oboe! so, in reply to your question, nope, there`s no alternate Db fingering that i know of! sorry! i know there should be one!

Hello everyone,

I`m just puttin this up in case anyone wants/needs help, or just wants to chat. I`ve been playing the oboe for 8 yrs now, so I`ve got experience. Many other people have contacted me so i hope all of you would too..my AIM SN is Chrystie4067 and my email is Chrystie4067@yahoo.com if you`ve got any questions, I would love to try and help. I love the oboe its truly an amazing instrument!!

Peace,
Chrystie

Thanks Eric. Now I know that "flat" means b.

But there is no alternatives for C# or Db. But on most of modern oboes then there is an alternative Eb button and the H and B buttons often hold down the C button.

hey, i`ve never used any alternate fingerings, but i looked on the fingerings att www.wfg.woodwind.org
C# / Db alternate fingerings:
0 = half-hole
023 / 123 C#
23 / 123 C#
/ 1
1 3 / 123 C#
1 C# <-----that`s the trill key

if you don`t understand that, then go to http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/oboe/ob_alt_2.html
I hope you mean 2nd/middle octave

AND ---- for future reference, go to http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/oboe for oboe fingerings; or just http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/fing.html to find almost any woodwind.
good luck!
~Corinne

thanks corinne that was very helpful

Hey if any one has any advice on the oboe can they contact me or add me to msn with shorty_stoker@hotmail.com! Thanks. I haven`t been playing very long and any help would be appreciated!

to thoes of you that are wondering about alternate fingerings: it depends on what t ype of oboe you have, some oboe`s have different keys than others. but there are a bunch of alternate fingerings, my suggestion is to search for a fingering chart of an oboe that has the same keys as you, in other words, find one that is the same brand and model number. hope you can find one, cuz unless i know what type of oboe you have, i dont really know what keys you have that are alternate fingerings.

Chrystie