Bb2. Standard. Corey, Gerald. "How to Make the French Bassoon `Work.'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 1 (May 1973): 38. "Use most of the time--with or without the Eb key."

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x x x | x x Bb o
  (Eb)   E

Bb2. Forked. Corey, Gerald. "How to Make the French Bassoon `Work.'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 1 (May 1973): 38. Also see Allard, Maurice. Le Basson: Methode de basson (Paris: Gèrard Billaudot, 1975), p. 28. "Only in extremely fast passages."

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x x x | x o x
         E

Bb2. James, Cecil. Unpublished chart.

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x x x | x x Bb o
           F#
   Eb

Bb2. Robert, Henri. In Corey, Gerald. "How to Make the French Bassoon `Work.'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 1 (May 1973): 38. For pianissimo.

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  D Eb

Buffet-system bassoon fingerings by note name