Building Your Toolbox: Alternative Bassoon Fingerings and (some of) Their Uses

Building Your Toolbox: Alternative Bassoon Fingerings and (some of) Their Uses

To play the bassoon successfully in any context, a musician must be prepared not only to overcome the mechanical obstacles the instrument places in front of them, but to utilize them to their best advantage. While it can be frustrating to negotiate the keywork of the instrument, the bassoon’s complexity renders it to be flexible and versatile. This presentation shares a few ways to employ alternate fingerings on the bassoon to achieve specific colors, tunings, and extended techniques.

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