G#4. Cooper, L. Hugh. "Bassoon Clinic Series, Part Four," Etude: the Music Magazine 47/6 (June 1949): 356. For pianissimo.

   (Eb) 
/ x x | o o x

G#4. Corey, Gerald E. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 65.

    Eb
/ x x | o o o
   w       F#

G#4. Corey, Gerald E. "How to Improve Your Tuning on the Bassoon." The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 8 (1980): 33. "This is also an excellent [fingering] for loud slurs down to Eb4":

    Eb
/ x x | o o F
   w

"The longer fingering for a richer and more solid note":

    Eb
/ x x | o x x
       Bb

G#4. Carroll, David H. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 64. Elliot, Thomas C. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 65. Same as Cooper p. 260.

    Eb
/ x x | o x x
   w   Bb

G#4. Durran, Daryl. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 69. Same as Cooper p. 260 but no Eb key.

/ x x | o x x
   w   Bb

G#4. Godwin, Arthur. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 68.

    Eb
x x x | o x x F
 a c#  Bb

G#4. Groeling, Charles R. "Cultivating Bassoonists." The Instrumentalist 47/1 (August 1992): 52.

    Eb
/ x x | o o x

G#4. Hardisty, Donald M. "Tuning those Bassoons: Part II--Tuning Individual Notes and Registers." The Instrumentalist 36/8 (March 1982): 72. Cooper p. 259.

    Eb
/ x x | o o x
   w

G#4. Klimko, Ronald. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 66. Same as Cooper p. 262 but no L. H. whisper key and Eb key. Great for slurring.

/ x x | x o x
       Bb

G#4. Ledwith, Austin. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 66.

/ x x | x x o

G#4. 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): 29, 36. For bassoons with the G# ring key use either:

    Eb
/ x x | x o x
       Bb

    Eb
/ x x | o o o F

    Eb
o x x | o o o F

For bassoons without the G# ring:

    Eb
/ x x | o o x

G#4. Olson, Robert. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 72.

    Eb
/ x x | o x o
   w   Bb

G#4. Robison, Harold. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 68.

/ x x | o o o F
   w   Bb

G#4. Swanson, Robert. "Pictorial Bassoon Fingerings." Woodwind Magazine 4/2 (September 1951): 7. Same as Cooper p. 262 except L. H. whisper key optional; no Eb key. R. H.: thumb Bb key and B hole optional.

    Eb
/ x x | x o x 
  (w)  Bb

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

Heckel-system bassoon fingerings by note name