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Pages of good clear illustrations
help you to get it right immediately.
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We show you how to play your
bassoon properly.
Is your bassoon problem here?
1. I blow into the bassoon reed but there
is always a delay before the note starts.
2. I've just started playing the bassoon
and sometimes notes just don't come out or they are completely wrong.
3. I cannot get scales even, there often extra notes.
4. My fingers ache after I have been playing
for a short while.
5. There is always a delay before my notes
sound when I am playing in a group.
6. The F#, G and G# are insecure
and "croak".
7. The A to middle C are unstable
and seem to be two octaves together. They seem to "crack".
8. My tone is raucous and too
loud, particularly when I have been playing for a while. My family
says that I sound like a foghorn.
9. My tone is thin and weedy.
My family say I sound like a mouse in a matchbox.
10. I get out of breath and out
of time when playing staccato passages.
11. My E flat (3rd space bass
clef) is horribly out of tune.
The author, Dr Sandra Downing,
is a research scientist, a semi-professional bassoonist, teacher and
an expert bassoon reed maker. Her her latest brilliant little pocket
book covers basic playing techniques and the answers to many bassooning
problems. See also her book Making
Bassoon Reeds is Easy! and The Bassoonist's
Reed Doctor, in its 6th and full colour edition
Only $11.50 delivered to your door.
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