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

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

To play bassoon successfully in any context, a musician must be prepared to not only 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 complex keywork of the instrument, the bassoon’s complicatedness renders it to be very flexible and versatile in ways that are both advantageous and fascinating. 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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