G5 Oboe Fingering
How to play G5 on the oboe: First octave key · left hand 1-2-3.
Filled keys and holes in the diagram are the ones you press or cover, and a half-filled first hole is the half-hole. The two keys at the top are the octave keys — the first worked by the left thumb on the back of the instrument, the second by the side of the left index finger — and the clusters at the bottom are the pinky keys, five for the left pinky and three for the right.
Hear G5 and try the fingering
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The G5 fingering, step by step
- Press the first octave key with your left thumb — the thumb key on the back of the top joint. On a semi-automatic oboe this key serves E5 to G♯5, and the mechanism looks after the changeover higher up.
- Cover hole 1 with your left index finger.
- Cover hole 2 with your left middle finger.
- Cover hole 3 with your left ring finger.
In short: first octave key · left hand 1-2-3.
About G5 on the oboe
From E5 to G♯5 the thumb’s octave key does the venting, and the fingerings below it are the first octave’s with the key added. On semi-automatic and automatic oboes a mechanism manages this key’s changeover with the second octave key, but the thumb still has to be in the right place at the right time.
G5 is note 22 of the 32 in the full oboe fingering chart, sitting between F♯5 below it and G♯5 above it.
Like every fingering on this site, it was checked against the Woodwind Fingering Guide's basic oboe charts and the NoteAtlas oboe chart before publishing.
Practising G5
Keep the left thumb resting on the octave key through this whole register, even on the notes that do not use it — a thumb that has to travel is a thumb that arrives late, and late thumbs are where squeaks between E5 and G♯5 come from.
Questions about G5
What is the fingering for G5 on oboe?
First octave key · left hand 1-2-3. G5 is a first octave key note on the oboe. The full step-by-step is on this page, and you can hear the note with the Fingering Finder.
What does G5 sound like on an oboe?
Exactly G5 — the oboe is a non-transposing instrument in C, so written G5 sounds as concert G5. When your band director asks for a concert G5, this is the note you finger.
Is there an alternate fingering for G5?
For G5, the fingering above is the one to learn. It is the basic fingering both reference charts give for this note, and the one teachers expect to see.
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