G4. Cooper, L. Hugh. "Bassoon Clinic Series, Part Four," Etude: the Music Magazine 47/6 (June 1949): 356. For pianissimo.

   (Eb)
o x x | x o o F

G4. Corey, Gerald E. "How to Improve Your Tuning on the Bassoon." The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 8 (1980): 33.

"Try the alternate fingering which is a little less likely to ge sharp":

    Eb
/ x x | o o o Ab
   w

G4. Durran, Daryl. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 69.

/ x x | x o o F
   w     E

G4. Ewell, Terry B. (20 August 1994). For maximum stability in a decrescendo from ff to ppp.

    Eb
x x x | x o o
       Bb

G4. Groeling, Charles R. "Cultivating Bassoonists." The Instrumentalist 47/1 (August 1992): 50.

    Eb
/ x x | x o o F

G4. Groeling, Charles R. "Cultivating Bassoonists." The Instrumentalist 47/1 (August 1992): 50. Schink, William. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 67. Cooper p. 246.

    Eb
/ x x | x o o
       Bb

G4. Hardisty, Donald M. "Tuning those Bassoons: Part II--Tuning Individual Notes and Registers." The Instrumentalist 36/8 (March 1982): 72. Cooper p. 244.

    Eb
/ x x | x o o F
   w

G4. Moritz, Frederick. "A Dissertation on the Use of Alternate Fingerings for Some of the High Register Notes on the Heckel and Heckel-Type Bassoons." The Double Reed 8/3 (Winter 1985): 30, 32, 34, 36.

In the first fingering the L. H. E hole may be 1/4 or 1/2 open.

      Eb                  Eb
1/4 x x | x o o F     o / x | x o o F

    Eb
o x x | x o o
       Bb

G4. Swanson, Robert. "Pictorial Bassoon Fingerings." Woodwind Magazine 4/2 (September 1951): 7.

    Eb
o x x | o o o Ab


/ x x | x o (x) F
           F#

       Eb
o  x (x) | x o o
          Bb

G4. Winstead, William. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 70. For technical passages.

    Eb
/ x x | o o o

G4. Winstead, William. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 53. For slurs from F#4 and other notes.

    Eb
/ / x | x o o F

G4. Winstead, William. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, pp. 53-54. Same as Cooper p. 244 except add the R. H. E key. For pianissimo slurs to Bb4 (also with E key).

    Eb
x x x | x x o F
         E

Similar to Cooper p. 250 but half hole D. Useful technical problem solver.

    Eb
/ / x | o o o


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