How to Play the Contrabassoon

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Tip 1 - Instruments :: Philharmonia Orchestra

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Redtaromook DANG 2008 | permalink

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For further reading: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/contrabassoon ^[1]

Tip 2 - Contrabassoon Fingering | Trent Jacobs, bassoonist on WordPress.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by masaya momiyama | permalink

I used to play a lot of contrabassoon. Since leaving the university system I don't really have regular access but I make a good reed and played pretty well at a time. Contrabassoon has some odd fingering issues. I compiled a fingering chart from Susan Nigro and Roger Soren (who play on very different contras,…

For further reading: http://tjbassoon.com/2013/12/02/contrabassoon-fingering/ ^[2]