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Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Inside the Bassoon Case
2. A Bassoon for Small Hands
3. Buying Bassoon Reeds
4. Ways to Help Your Reeds Last Longer
5. Helpful Daily Habits
6. Breathing and Blowing
7. Embouchure
8. Articulation
9. Voicing
10. Playing On the Reed
11. Playing with the Reed on the Bocal
12. Dynamics
13. Bassoon Joints
14. Bocals and Seat Straps
15. Putting the Bassoon Together
16. Taking the Bassoon Apart
17. Swabbing the Boot and Wing Joints
18. Getting Rid of Water in the Instrument During Rehearsal/Performance
19. Bassoon Posture
20. Supporting the Bassoon
21. Hand Position
22. Accommodating Large Hands
23. Diagram of the Bassoon Keys
24. Fingering Chart
25. About the Whisper Key
26. Lesson 1: C-D-E-F
27. Lesson 2: B-A-G and low F
28. Lesson 3: Middle B-flat (Bb)
29. Lesson 4: Low F-sharp (F#)
30. Lesson 5: Middle E-flat (Eb)
31. Lesson 6: Low A-flat/G-sharp (Ab/G#)
32. Lesson 7: Middle C-sharp/D-flat (C#/Db)
33. Lesson 8: Chromatic Segments
34. Etudes and Solos with Range between Low F and Middle F
35. About Half-hole Technique
36. Lesson 9: Half-hole "pinky G"
37. Lesson 10: Half-hole F-sharp/G-flat (F#/Gb)
38. Lesson 11: Half-hole A-flat//G-sharp (Ab/G#)
39. Exercises for Half-hole Practice
40. Etudes and Solos with Range from low F to top line A flat
41. About the Speaker Keys
42. Lesson 12: Upper A
43. Lesson 13: Upper Bb (Bb3)
44. Lesson 14: Upper B (B3)
45. Lesson 15: Upper C (C3)
46. Lesson 16: Upper D (D3)
47. Lesson 17: Flicking
48. Building Embouchure Strength in the Speaker Key Register
49. Etudes and Solos with range of Low F to Upper D
50. Playing Above the Speaker Key Register
51. Lesson 18: Upper C-sharp/D-flat (C#/Db3)
52. Lesson 19: Upper E-flat/D-sharp (Eb/D#)
53. Lesson 20: Upper E
54. Lesson 21: Upper F
55. Embouchure Building Exercises for Upper Notes
56. Etudes and Solos with 2 octave range (low F to Upper F)
57. About the Low E key and Playing Low Notes
58. Lesson 22: Low E
59. Lesson 23: Low D
60. Lesson 24: Low E-flat/D-sharp (Eb/D#)
61. Lesson 25: Low C
62. Lesson 26: Low B
63. Lesson 27: Low Bb
64. Lesson 28: Low C-sharp/D-flat (C#/Db)
65. Exercises for Low Notes
66. Etudes and Solos with Range between Low Bb and Upper F
67. One Octave Majors
68. One Octave Melodic Minor Scales
69. One Octave Harmonic Minor Scales
70. About Third Octave Half-Hole Notes
71. Lesson 29: High G (G3)
72. Lesson 30: High F-sharp/G-flat (F#/Gb)
73. Lesson 31: High A-flat/G-sharp (Ab/G#)
74. Exercises for Third Octave Half-Hole Notes
75. Etudes and Solos with range of Low Bb to High Ab
76. About Notes in the Fourth Octave
77. Lesson 32: High A (A3)
78. Lesson 33: High Bb (Bb4)
79. Lesson 34: High B (B4)
80. Lesson 35: High C (C4)
81. Exercises for High Notes
82. Etudes and Solos with range of Low Bb to High C
83. Playing In Tune
84. Equipment and Intonation
85. The Bassoon Reed
86. What Makes a Reed "Good"?
87. Choosing a Good Reed
88. Basic Tools for Simple Adjustments
89. Simple Reed Adjustments
90. Fingerings to avoid
91. Response and Intonation Tips by Register
92. Instrument Care and Maintenance
93. Method Books
94. Scales Books
95. Books on Playing the Bassoon
96. Sight-Reading and Tenor Clef
97. Supplemental Studies/Etudes
98. Solo Collections with piano accompaniment
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