Oboe
D5 on the Oboe
Written D5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
D5
Beginner note
Half-hole left index finger with 2 3 | 4 5 6: the same as low D with the vent open. This is the note students confuse with the octave key; on D the vent does the work and the thumb key stays up.
About this note
Half-hole left index finger with 2 3 | 4 5 6: the same as low D with the vent open. This is the note students confuse with the octave key; on D the vent does the work and the thumb key stays up.
- Primary fingering: Left index plate (half) + Left middle plate + Left ring plate + Right index plate + Right middle plate + Right ring plate
- Written pitch: D5
- Sounding frequency: 587.33 Hz
Oboe fingering data last updated . Every diagram here, in the printable PDF and in the chart image comes from one dataset, so the paper and the screen cannot disagree.