French-system contrabassoon fingerings for C4-B4

The fingerings below are found in Piard, Marius. Enseignment du contrabasson. Paris: Leduc, 1952.


C4:
x x x | o o o
   a

C#4:
     C#                        C#
x x x | o o o      or     x x x | x x x F
   a

D4:
                               C#
x x o | o o o      or     x x x | x x x
 d

Eb4:

o x o | x x Bb o   or     o x o | x x x
 d                         d       E

E4:
x o x | x x x     or     x o o | o o o
 d       E                d

F4:
     C#                     C#
o o o | o o o    or    o x x | x x x
 d                              E

F#4:
o x x | x o o
 d

G4:
o x x | o o o 
 d

Ab4:
    C#
o x x | x x x 
   a

A4:
x x o | o o o
   a

Bb4:
x x o | x x Bb o
   a

B4:
x o o | x x x
   a


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