Within Reach? - Sue Eversden
Citation: Eversden, Sue. Within Reach? Music Teacher, Dec. 2001, Vol. 80, pp. 32-33.
Article Title: Within Reach?
Author: Sue Eversden
Magazine or Journal Title: Music Teacher
Summary:
Article Title: Within Reach?
Author: Sue Eversden
Magazine or Journal Title: Music Teacher
Summary:
- Small Sized Instruments
- Bassoon was not made smaller until recently
- Mini-bassoon plus mirrors standard bassoon and uses normal reed
- Pitched a 5th higher
- Still read in bass clef with same fingerings
- Weighs 30% of standard bassoon
- Short Reach Bassoons
- Standard bassoons with adaptations for smaller hands
- Ideal for ages 9-13
- Extended keywork
- Tenorroon
- Between mini and short reach
- Pitched up a fourth
- Problems
- Mini-bassoon plus
- These instruments don’t carry the same quality sound of a full bassoon
- Do not provide enough bass
- They are expensive
- They still do provide the experience nevertheless
How To Buy A Bassoon - Children's Music Workshop
Citation: Children’s Music Workshop. How To Buy A Bassoon. Children’s Music Workshop, 2005 (accessed December 1, 2012)http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/instruments/bassoon/index.html
Article Title: How To Buy A Bassoon
Author: Children’s Music Workshop
Magazine or Journal Title: Children’s Music Workshop
Summary:
Article Title: How To Buy A Bassoon
Author: Children’s Music Workshop
Magazine or Journal Title: Children’s Music Workshop
Summary:
- Brief History of Bassoon and Its Uses
- Pommer
- Military and Civic Bands
- Needed bass
- Were originally keyless
- Emerged as key wind instrument in Baroque era
- Use grew from there
- Has not developed like flute, oboe, or other winds
- Still very much the same as it was in early music
- French or German system?
- Depends on the repertoire, player
- Most use German
- Famous pieces like The Rite of Spring were written for French orchestra, so playing on a German instrument becomes problematic
- How hard is it to play?
- Difficult for small hands, small people
- Tricky to tune
- Previous musical experience is a plus
- Acquiring your first bassoon
- Very expensive
- Rental is always an option
- Should consider purchase if serious study is wanted
- What to look for
- Check bore, pads, wing-joints
- Scratches look bad but might not be an issue
Bassoon Repairs on a Limited Budget - Elizabeth Rusch Fetters
Citation: Fetters, Elizabeth Rusch. Bassoon Repairs on A Limited Budget. The Instrumentalist, Oct. 2011.
Article Title: Bassoon Repairs on a Limited Budget
Author: Elizabeth Rusch Fetters
Magazine or Journal Title: The Instrumentalist
Summary:
Article Title: Bassoon Repairs on a Limited Budget
Author: Elizabeth Rusch Fetters
Magazine or Journal Title: The Instrumentalist
Summary:
- Check pads and seals
- Repair only the ones that need it
- Check bore for foreign material
- Cracks in plastic are fixed with resin or epoxy
- Make sure keys are not effected by placement of epoxy
- Use parts from other unplayable bassoons to make one better
- Always try to switch a bent bocal
- New ones are costly but worth it in sound
- Might prevent purchase of another instrument
- New instruments should be overhauled at the factory
- Wooden bassoons are difficult to manage and costly to repair