Note: This is a short list of resources recommended for new bassoon students, non-bassoonist music educators, and bassoon teachers beginning their careers. It is by no means an exhaustive or complete list of available scales books for the bassoon. Please let me know if you have a resource to recommend for inclusion.

Scale Books

The Complete Bassoon Scale Book: Scales and Arpeggios    Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Appropriate for any level, includes scales and arpeggios of increasing range, thirds, fourths, chromatic, whole tone, etc.

Pares Scales for Bassoon    Publisher: Rubank/Hal Leonard

For Individual study or “like-instrument” class instruction, exercises in all keys, including half-hole, chromatic, and long tone exercises.

Complete Study of the Bassoon: Part 1 – Scales and Daily Exercises by Fernand Oubradous  Publisher: Alphonse LeDuc

Fernand Oubradous (1903-1986) was a French bassoonist, conductor and composer. He is best remembered for his tutoring compilation, Complete Study of the Bassoon. This Oubradous series comprises three parts. The first of these focuses on scales and daily exercises. These cover a range of keys, articulation, intervals, rhythms and range, among other aspects. Moreover, Outbradous’ Complete Study of the Bassoon Part One, contains a detailed fingering chart for the instrument. Complete Study of the Bassoon is essential to the progression of aspiring bassoonists.