Carl Fischer

Authors: Julius Weissenborn, Milde, Almenraeder, P. Laube, Fred Bettoney
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Bassoon

The 160 page volume includes hundreds of music exercises, performance pieces and duets. Also contains a complete fingering chart, trill table and a section on the instrument.

Contents:

• Historical Sketch of the Bassoon
• Parts of the Bassoon
• The Reed
• Fitting the Reed
• Tone and General Characteristics
• Position of the Body While Holding the Instrument
• Producing the Tone
• The German Bassoon
• Figure Showing Cord, Position of Hand on Instrument, and Reed
• Chromatic Scale for French Bassoon
• Chart of Fingering for German Bassoon
• Trill Table for German Bassoon
• Studies on the Major Scales
• Studies on the Minor (Melodic) Scales
• Practical Exercises
• The Tenor Clef
• The Embellishments
• Supplement-Daily Studies: Simple and Varied Diatonic Scales
• Supplement-Daily Studies: Chords
• Scale Exercises in all Keys by C. Almenraeder
• Twenty-Five Studies in all Keys by L. Milde, Op. 24
• Fifty Bassoon Studies by J. Weissenborn, Op. 8 Vol. 2
• Concerto Ungarese by Von Weber, Op. 35
• Musical Terms