Weissenborn: Practical Method for the Bassoon

Description

This classic method book contains a complete fingering chart, duets for the teacher and student, hundreds of exercises including "Fifty Advanced Studies" plus a section about the instrument.

Contents:

• Foreword
• The Bassoon
• Parts of the Bassoon
• Assembling the Bassoon
• Care of the Bassoon
• The Bassoon Reed
• The Embouchure
• Breathing
• Major and Minor Scales (through one octave): In in C Major to F-sharp Minor
• Major and Minor Scales (through one octave): F Major to G Minor
• Major and Minor Scales (through one octave): E-flat Major to A-flat Minor
• Practical Exercises: Nos. I to XXV
• Practical Exercises: The Tenor Clef
• Practical Exercises: Embellishments
• Practical Exercises: Exercise No. XXVI
• Simple and Varied Diatonic Scales
• Chords
• Scales in All Keys (through the entire range)
• List of Principal Words used in Modern Music
• Fifty Advanced Studies in All Keys