Etudes & Methods

The First Complete Weissenborn Bassoon Method and Studies, Op. 8 Vols. 1 and 2, edited by Frank Morelli (Carl Fischer)

Lesson XI (pages 61-64) fit within the range of low F to middle A-flat.

*Bassoon Student  Student Instrumental Course – Level One (Elementary) by Henry T. Paine and Fred Weber (Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.)

This is a method for individual instruction. Lessons 10-17 fit within the current range (low F to middle G) and provide useful supplemental material.

*Caution: I include this method only for the musical examples it contains. The written instructions are outdated and contrary to the modern approach to bassoon playing. The author encourages forcing the embouchure into an exaggerated overbite and instructs the student to “Bite reed tighter”.  There is no mention of the speaker keys or change in air speed for upper notes.

Solos (unaccompanied tunes)

Blue Moon Bassoon by Amanda J. Turley

Chapter 1: Around the World tune #9

Chapter 2: The Emerald Isles tunes 10-17

Chapter 3: Winter Wonderland tunes 19, 20, 22

Chapter 4: American Spirit tunes 23, 25, 29

Chapter 5: Night and Day tunes 36, 37, 39

Solos with piano accompaniment (Collections)

Classic Festival Solos (Alfred Publishing Co.)

Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck (ed. Henry T. Paine)     Range: middle Bb to middle G

Master Solos Intermediate Level – Bassoon (Hal Leonard Publishing Corp.)

Peasant Dance from Two Sketches by Edmund J. Siennicki    Range: low F to middle G

The Really Easy Bassoon Book – Very first solos for bassoon with piano accompaniment, Composed or Arranged by Graham Sheen (Faber Music)

7. La Mere Gigogne et les Polichinelles    Range: low F to middle G

8. Hungarian Folksong    Range: low F to middle G

9. Two German Dances from Schubert D. 783     Range: low F to middle G

First Book of Bassoon Solos – Bassoon and Piano, edited & arranged by Lyndon Hilling & Walter Bergmann (Faber Music)

2. Yugoslav Dance     Range: middle C to middle G

3. Polka      Range: low G to middle G

7. Gavotte by Jacques Aubert     Range: low F to middle G

13. Hymn by J. S. Bach     Range: low A to middle G

14. Waltz by Franz Schubert     Range: low G to middle G

15. Minuet by Henry Purcell     Range: low G to middle G

16. Andante by Franz Schubert     Range: low G# to middle G