Heckel-System (German) Bassoon Microtonal Fingerings by Note Name


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The author wishes to thank Johnny Reinhard, who has contributed substantially to the Bassoon-Family Fingering Companion with his microtonal fingerings for Heckel-System Bassoon. His fingerings may be found in the seven-note octave division, the quarter-tone and quinquepartite-tone sections.


Heckel-system bassoon microtonal indexes and text


Heckel-system bassoon quarter-tone fingerings. Heckel-system (German) bassoon fingerings by note name

The "+" sign indicates 1/4 of a whole step sharper. Thus, C+3 is 1/4 of a whole tone above C3; C#+3 is 3/4 of a whole step above C3. For the 12-note division of the octave (normal fingerings) please see Heckel-system bassoon standard fingerings. Select the desired note name (or enharmonic equivalent):



  Bb+1  B+1



C+2  C#+2  D+2  Eb+2  E+2  F+2  F#+2  G+2  G#+2  A+2  Bb+2  B+2



C+3  C#+3  D+3  Eb+3  E+3  F+3  F#+3  G+3  G#+3  A+3  Bb+3  B+3



C+4  C#+4  D+4  Eb+4  E+4  F+4  F#+4  G+4  G#+4  A+4  Bb+4  B+4



C+5  C#+5  D+5  Eb+5


Heckel-system bassoon quinquepartite-tone (1/5-tone) fingerings. Heckel-system (German) bassoon fingerings by note name

The "^" sign indicates 1/5 of a whole step sharper. Thus, C^3 is 1/5 of a whole tone above C3. In this 31-tone scale B2 is 1/5 whole step lower than Cb3; C#3 is 1/5 whole tone lower than Db3, and D#3 is 1/5 step lower than Eb3. In other words in this scale, there are no enharmonic equivalencies between sharped and flatted adjacent pitches.



C#2-B2



Cb3-B3



Cb4-B4



Cb5-D5



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