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Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. I. Getting Ready to Play

    1. 1. Inside the Bassoon Case

    2. 2. A Bassoon for Small Hands

    3. 3. Buying Bassoon Reeds

    4. 4. Ways to Help Your Reeds Last Longer

    5. 5. Helpful Daily Habits

  4. II. Creating the Sound

    1. 6. Breathing and Blowing

    2. 7. Embouchure

    3. 8. Articulation

    4. 9. Voicing

    5. 10. Playing On the Reed

    6. 11. Playing with the Reed on the Bocal

    7. 12. Dynamics

  5. III. THE BASSOON

    1. 13. Bassoon Joints

    2. 14. Bocals and Seat Straps

    3. 15. Putting the Bassoon Together

    4. 16. Taking the Bassoon Apart

    5. 17. Swabbing the Boot and Wing Joints

    6. 18. Getting Rid of Water in the Instrument During Rehearsal/Performance

  6. IV. HOLDING THE BASSOON

    1. 19. Bassoon Posture

    2. 20. Supporting the Bassoon

    3. 21. Hand Position

    4. 22. Accommodating Large Hands

  7. V. FINGERING CHART

    1. 23. Diagram of the Bassoon Keys

    2. 24. Fingering Chart

  8. VI. THE WHISPER KEY NOTES

    1. 25. About the Whisper Key

    2. 26. Lesson 1: C-D-E-F

    3. 27. Lesson 2: B-A-G and low F

    4. 28. Lesson 3: Middle B-flat (Bb)

    5. 29. Lesson 4: Low F-sharp (F#)

    6. 30. Lesson 5: Middle E-flat (Eb)

    7. 31. Lesson 6: Low A-flat/G-sharp (Ab/G#)

    8. 32. Lesson 7: Middle C-sharp/D-flat (C#/Db)

    9. 33. Lesson 8: Chromatic Segments

    10. 34. Etudes and Solos with Range between Low F and Middle F

  9. VII. HALF-HOLE NOTES ON THE BASS STAFF

    1. 35. About Half-hole Technique

    2. 36. Lesson 9: Half-hole "pinky G"

    3. 37. Lesson 10: Half-hole F-sharp/G-flat (F#/Gb)

    4. 38. Lesson 11: Half-hole A-flat//G-sharp (Ab/G#)

    5. 39. Exercises for Half-hole Practice

    6. 40. Etudes and Solos with Range from low F to top line A flat

  10. VIII. THE SPEAKER KEY NOTES

    1. 41. About the Speaker Keys

    2. 42. Lesson 12: Upper A

    3. 43. Lesson 13: Upper Bb (Bb3)

    4. 44. Lesson 14: Upper B (B3)

    5. 45. Lesson 15: Upper C (C3)

    6. 46. Lesson 16: Upper D (D3)

    7. 47. Lesson 17: Flicking

    8. 48. Building Embouchure Strength in the Speaker Key Register

    9. 49. Etudes and Solos with range of Low F to Upper D

  11. IX. ABOVE THE SPEAKER KEY NOTES

    1. 50. Playing Above the Speaker Key Register

    2. 51. Lesson 18: Upper C-sharp/D-flat (C#/Db3)

    3. 52. Lesson 19: Upper E-flat/D-sharp (Eb/D#)

    4. 53. Lesson 20: Upper E

    5. 54. Lesson 21: Upper F

    6. 55. Embouchure Building Exercises for Upper Notes

    7. 56. Etudes and Solos with 2 octave range (low F to Upper F)

  12. X. NOTES BELOW THE BASS STAFF

    1. 57. About the Low E key and Playing Low Notes

    2. 58. Lesson 22: Low E

    3. 59. Lesson 23: Low D

    4. 60. Lesson 24: Low E-flat/D-sharp (Eb/D#)

    5. 61. Lesson 25: Low C

    6. 62. Lesson 26: Low B

    7. 63. Lesson 27: Low Bb

    8. 64. Lesson 28: Low C-sharp/D-flat (C#/Db)

    9. 65. Exercises for Low Notes

    10. 66. Etudes and Solos with Range between Low Bb and Upper F

  13. XI. One Octave Scales

    1. 67. One Octave Majors

    2. 68. One Octave Melodic Minor Scales

    3. 69. One Octave Harmonic Minor Scales

  14. XII. HALF-HOLE NOTES ABOVE THE BASS STAFF (F#/Gb-G-Ab/G#)

    1. 70. About Third Octave Half-Hole Notes

    2. 71. Lesson 29: High G (G3)

    3. 72. Lesson 30: High F-sharp/G-flat (F#/Gb)

    4. 73. Lesson 31: High A-flat/G-sharp (Ab/G#)

    5. 74. Exercises for Third Octave Half-Hole Notes

    6. 75. Etudes and Solos with range of Low Bb to High Ab

  15. XIII. FOURTH OCTAVE NOTES

    1. 76. About Notes in the Fourth Octave

    2. 77. Lesson 32: High A (A3)

    3. 78. Lesson 33: High Bb (Bb4)

    4. 79. Lesson 34: High B (B4)

    5. 80. Lesson 35: High C (C4)

    6. 81. Exercises for High Notes

    7. 82. Etudes and Solos with range of Low Bb to High C

  16. XIV. INTONATION

    1. 83. Playing In Tune

    2. 84. Equipment and Intonation

  17. XV. More About the Reed

    1. 85. The Bassoon Reed

    2. 86. What Makes a Reed "Good"?

    3. 87. Choosing a Good Reed

    4. 88. Basic Tools for Simple Adjustments

    5. 89. Simple Reed Adjustments

  18. XVI. TEACHING TIPS

    1. 90. Fingerings to avoid

    2. 91. Response and Intonation Tips by Register

    3. 92. Instrument Care and Maintenance

  19. XVII. Repertoire

    1. 93. Method Books

    2. 94. Scales Books

    3. 95. Books on Playing the Bassoon

    4. 96. Sight-Reading and Tenor Clef

    5. 97. Supplemental Studies/Etudes

    6. 98. Solo Collections with piano accompaniment