Author: wietsma
Date: 2011-11-20 22:04
Again, learn the bass clef, and if you intend to go very far you'll need to consider the tenor clef. You'll also need to get used to using all of your fingers, not just three. I'd say medium soft reeds are good for someone starting, and you'll probably want to use a two bocal, then switch depending on your bassoon's tendancies towards flat or sharp. You absolutely must have a private teacher if you expect to be very good, and if that's impossible, at least work privately with your band teacher. You may have seen clarinets, saxes and other single reeds just soaking their reeds in their mouths, this won't work for you, you have to put it in water before playing. Try not to get an instrument that has the lowest hole on the tenor joint covered, you'll have a difficult time switching to one that doesn't.
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