D4. Allard, Maurice. Le Basson: Methode de basson (Paris: Gèrard Billaudot, 1975), p. 12. Allard's prefered fingering.

x x o | o o o Ab

D4. Allard, Maurice. Le Basson: Methode de basson (Paris: Gèrard Billaudot, 1975), p. 24. For fast passages.

x x o | o o o

D4. Corey, Gerald. "How to Make the French Bassoon `Work.'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 1 (May 1973): 39. "Most difficult note for tuning, resonance, and stability.

"This is my fingering for fast passages":

x x o | o o o Ab

"My strongest":

x x o | o o o Ab
   Eb

"English, good, but can go sharp":

x x o | o(x)x F


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