The Bassoon - Volume 3

Description

The six-volume tutorial series "The Bassoon" provides a comprehensive introduction to the instrument and its way of playing by combining textual commentaries with music sections. Addressed to both hobby musicians and aspiring professional musicians, the bilingual German-English edition is suitable for use internationally.

Since the series is designed to meet student needs by progressing in difficulty, it is optimally suited to support the different learning stages.

The textual commentaries in volumes I to III and VI are easy to consult, providing wide-ranging information about the bassoon as an instrument, its history, structure and maintenance, but also about its playing technique. The practical section consists of 90 self-contained lessons within the first three volumes and includes tone studies, technical studies, and three etudes each. The fourth volume contains bassoon duets, and the fifth volume presents compositions for bassoon and piano, both from the 17th to the 20th centuries, graded, like the etudes, according to difficulty. Volume VI focuses on the contrabassoon.

The third volume's textual commentary concludes information about the bassoon with an explanation of the production of a double reed. Furthermore, the performance situation is considered, including the optimal selection and preparation of the pieces, as well as logistical or organizational aspects such as acoustics, lighting and room temperature at the performance venue. Lessons 67 to 90 follow which, as in the first two volumes, comprise tone studies, technical studies and exercises and are built on these with regard to the degree of difficulty. References invite to an in-depth reading and also provide a selected overview of works for the bassoon.