Pedagogy
First Bassoon Lessons * | |
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Citation: Vol. 63 No. 4 2008
Author: Robert Barris and Micheal Jampole
Title: First Lessons on Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Instrumentalist
It doesn't matter if the student starts on basoon or switches from another instrument, but smaller students should probably start on another instrument.
Students who use plastic reeds are more likely to have embouchure problems.
Students who play basson need to sit up straight and far back on the chair.
Author: Robert Barris and Micheal Jampole
Title: First Lessons on Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Instrumentalist
It doesn't matter if the student starts on basoon or switches from another instrument, but smaller students should probably start on another instrument.
Students who use plastic reeds are more likely to have embouchure problems.
Students who play basson need to sit up straight and far back on the chair.
Venting Bassoon Notes * | |
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Citation: Vol. 68 No. 8 2014
Author: Shannon Lowe
Title: Venting Bassoon Notes
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Instrumentalist
Flicking can help difficult notes speak better and help with difficult passages.
Students who practice the venting technique will be able to play troublesome notes more easily.
Both flicking and venting are good techniques to have.
Author: Shannon Lowe
Title: Venting Bassoon Notes
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Instrumentalist
Flicking can help difficult notes speak better and help with difficult passages.
Students who practice the venting technique will be able to play troublesome notes more easily.
Both flicking and venting are good techniques to have.
Music Education in Rural Areas: A Few Keys to Success | |
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Citation: Vol. 92, No. 2., 2005
Author: Daniel Isbell
Title: Music Education in Rural Areas: A Few Keys to SuccessAuthor
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Community determines the duties of a music educator in their area.
Literature is scarce for rural schools.
Erollment in music in rural schools tends to be low.
Author: Daniel Isbell
Title: Music Education in Rural Areas: A Few Keys to SuccessAuthor
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Community determines the duties of a music educator in their area.
Literature is scarce for rural schools.
Erollment in music in rural schools tends to be low.
Early Bassoon Fingering Charts | |
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Citation: Vol. 43, 1990
Author: Paul J. White
Title: Early Bassoon Fingering Charts
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Bassoon should be understood by its acustics.
Fingerings are also an acustic of the bassoon.
Keys are used for tuning purposes.
Author: Paul J. White
Title: Early Bassoon Fingering Charts
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Bassoon should be understood by its acustics.
Fingerings are also an acustic of the bassoon.
Keys are used for tuning purposes.
The Bassoon: Three Technical Studies | |
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Citation: Vol. 53, No. 5, 1967
Author: John E. Schleiffer
Titile: The Bassoon: Three Technical Studies
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
The bassoon has three octave keys.
The A and C keys are octave keys, but they are used to allow the A and C to speak more easily.
All notes on the bassoon can sound with the bocal hole open.
Author: John E. Schleiffer
Titile: The Bassoon: Three Technical Studies
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
The bassoon has three octave keys.
The A and C keys are octave keys, but they are used to allow the A and C to speak more easily.
All notes on the bassoon can sound with the bocal hole open.
Performance
Voicing Double Reeds * | |
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Citation: Vol. 33 No. 2 2010
Author: L. Hugh Cooper with Mark Avery
Title: Tuning and Voicing Double Reed Instruments-Correcting Intonation and Timbral Faults of Double Reed Instruments and Other Woodwinds
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Double Reed
A major factor in the sound of the horn is the shape of the horn.
Pressure points exist in each instruments range.
It would be easier to make note and tuning correction if each note had a pipe much like an organ.
Author: L. Hugh Cooper with Mark Avery
Title: Tuning and Voicing Double Reed Instruments-Correcting Intonation and Timbral Faults of Double Reed Instruments and Other Woodwinds
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Double Reed
A major factor in the sound of the horn is the shape of the horn.
Pressure points exist in each instruments range.
It would be easier to make note and tuning correction if each note had a pipe much like an organ.
A Reconception of Performance Study in the Philosophy of Music Education | |
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Citation: Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006
Author: Valerie L. Trollinger
Title: A Reconception of Performance Study in the Philosophy of Music Education
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Philosophy of Music Education Review
The place of performance in music education has been unclear for many years.
It is thought that some of the views of performance in music education are valid.
The national standards are not seen as negative.
Author: Valerie L. Trollinger
Title: A Reconception of Performance Study in the Philosophy of Music Education
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Philosophy of Music Education Review
The place of performance in music education has been unclear for many years.
It is thought that some of the views of performance in music education are valid.
The national standards are not seen as negative.
Second Bassoon Is Too Loud | |
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Citation: Vol. 60, No. 5, 1974
Author: Blake R. Patterson
Title: Second Bassoon Is Too Loud
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Sometimes introduction to dynamics can be painful.
It can be hard to play a dynamic you have never been asked to play for the first time.
Pitches and rhythms are not enough.
Author: Blake R. Patterson
Title: Second Bassoon Is Too Loud
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Sometimes introduction to dynamics can be painful.
It can be hard to play a dynamic you have never been asked to play for the first time.
Pitches and rhythms are not enough.
Reeds
The Functional Geometry of Your Bassoon Reed * | |
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CItation: Vol. 36 No. 3 2013
Author: James B. Knobb
TItle: Tube, TIp, and Aperture:The Functional Geometry of Your Basson Reed
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Double Reed
The design of the reed determines the responce and quality of the reed.
The aperture is the space between the two pieces of cane.
The length of the blades helps determine the size of the aperture whole.
Author: James B. Knobb
TItle: Tube, TIp, and Aperture:The Functional Geometry of Your Basson Reed
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Double Reed
The design of the reed determines the responce and quality of the reed.
The aperture is the space between the two pieces of cane.
The length of the blades helps determine the size of the aperture whole.
More Reed Makers | |
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Citation: Vol. 38, 1985
Author: William Waterhouse
TItle: More Reed Makers
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
A stamped bassoon reed came with a bassoon.
The Ancient Concerts in London is where Dobritz played.
Three reeds were stamped with an H.
Author: William Waterhouse
TItle: More Reed Makers
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
A stamped bassoon reed came with a bassoon.
The Ancient Concerts in London is where Dobritz played.
Three reeds were stamped with an H.
The Importance of Cane Selection in Historical Bassoon Reed-Making | |
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Citation: Vol. 57, 2004
Author: David J. Rocher
Title: The Importance of Cane Selection in Historical Bassoon Reed-Making
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Reeds were made from materials that could be found at the time (in early years).
It is important to use cane that could have been found when reads were made in the early years.
Cane selection is important in reed making.
Author: David J. Rocher
Title: The Importance of Cane Selection in Historical Bassoon Reed-Making
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Reeds were made from materials that could be found at the time (in early years).
It is important to use cane that could have been found when reads were made in the early years.
Cane selection is important in reed making.
Bocals
The Baroque Recorders in the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments | |
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Citation: Vol. 23, 1970
Author: Robert Austin Warner and Friedrich von Huene
Title: The Baroque Recorders in the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
The brass blowpipe resembled the Baroque bassoon bocal.
Bocals were used as blowpipes in Baroque bass recorders.
It is similar to the true U shape of the blowpipe.
Author: Robert Austin Warner and Friedrich von Huene
Title: The Baroque Recorders in the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
The brass blowpipe resembled the Baroque bassoon bocal.
Bocals were used as blowpipes in Baroque bass recorders.
It is similar to the true U shape of the blowpipe.
Woodwind Instrument Maintenance | |
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Citation: Vol. 66, No. 7, 1980
Author: Gary Sperl
Title: Woodwind Instrument Maintenance
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Use cork grease on the tendon cork of the bocal.
Replace cork regularly.
Twist the tendon cork into place do not push it there.
Author: Gary Sperl
Title: Woodwind Instrument Maintenance
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: Music Educators Journal
Use cork grease on the tendon cork of the bocal.
Replace cork regularly.
Twist the tendon cork into place do not push it there.
Instruments
Ring Keys on a French Bassoon | |
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Citation: Vol. 49, 1996
Author: Klaus Gillessen
Title: Ring Keys on a French Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
The buldge of the wing extends down to the butt.
The key posts are mounted on small plates.
This bassoon has three additional keys.
Author: Klaus Gillessen
Title: Ring Keys on a French Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
The buldge of the wing extends down to the butt.
The key posts are mounted on small plates.
This bassoon has three additional keys.
Oboe, Bassoons, and Bass Clarinets, Made by Hartford Connecticut, Makers before 1815 | |
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Citation: Vol. 30, 1977
Author: Robert E. Eliason
TItle: Oboe, Bassoons, and Bass Clarinets, Made by Hartford Connecticut, Makers before 1815
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Woodwinds gained popularity towards the end of the 18th century.
Bassoons were used in military sets and separate.
Woodwinds were also being used in churches.
Author: Robert E. Eliason
TItle: Oboe, Bassoons, and Bass Clarinets, Made by Hartford Connecticut, Makers before 1815
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Woodwinds gained popularity towards the end of the 18th century.
Bassoons were used in military sets and separate.
Woodwinds were also being used in churches.
Modern Bassoon | |
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Citation: Vol. 129, No. 1744, 1988
Author: Niall O'Loughlin
Title: Modern Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon.
Journal: The Musical TImes
There have been a lot of new pieces written for bassoon.
There was a three movement sonata written for bassoon.
Two Little Suites is a much more straightforward piece.
Author: Niall O'Loughlin
Title: Modern Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon.
Journal: The Musical TImes
There have been a lot of new pieces written for bassoon.
There was a three movement sonata written for bassoon.
Two Little Suites is a much more straightforward piece.
Other Fun Information
The 'Jancourt System' Bassoon | |
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Citation: Vol. 49, 1996
Author: David Rycroft
TItle: The 'Jancourt System' Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
This bassoon is depicted in a painting.
Jancourt was the professor of bassoon at the Paris Conservatory.
Jancourt had his was of keeping some notes from being unaltered.
Author: David Rycroft
TItle: The 'Jancourt System' Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
This bassoon is depicted in a painting.
Jancourt was the professor of bassoon at the Paris Conservatory.
Jancourt had his was of keeping some notes from being unaltered.
Franz Anton Pfeiffer and the Bassoon | |
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Citation: Vol. 36, 1983
Author: David J. Rhodes
TItle: Franz Anton Pfeiffer and the Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Pfeiffer struggles with arpeggios and double tounging.
He can sustain his tone in all dynamics.
Pfeiffer played double bass before bassoon.
Author: David J. Rhodes
TItle: Franz Anton Pfeiffer and the Bassoon
Instrument: Bassoon
Journal: The Galpin Society Journal
Pfeiffer struggles with arpeggios and double tounging.
He can sustain his tone in all dynamics.
Pfeiffer played double bass before bassoon.