2025-2026 TMEA All-State Oboe/English Horn Etude 1

Описание: Oboe and English Horn Selection 1
Etude Title: No. 3, Allegretto, page(s) 5
Tempo: Quarter Note = 92–100

Play from: beginning to end

Performance Guide:
This selection is mostly a study in arpeggios. The arpeggios cover a wide variety of key centers. I think it helps to identify the key that is being defined by the melodic movement. The melody flows around and through the arpeggios. We start in F major but quickly move to some diminished, minor, and other major arpeggios. The melodic movement takes on a different shape at m. 31. The etude ends in scale patterns. Map out which F fingering to use in each pattern and use it every time for consistency. All accents need to be lyrical rather than percussive. Do not tongue hard. Lean into the accent. Use voicing to help with response and pitch. Think "sing high" and "sing low" according to the placement of the notes. Add dynamics that follow the landscape of the melodic movement. Play with fast, aggressive air all of the time. Press the air through the technical finger movement to keep the notes moving evenly. No matter what the question is, the answer is aggressive air. Breathe in places that are musically graceful. Remember even though this etude is a technical selection, it still music. Therefore, by definition, it must be lyrical.