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Re: Discouraged beginner

Author: CocoboloKid  Date:   2012-07-20 05:25 The whisper key is absolutely to be held down for all notes from top line half-hole Ab down to low F (below that, the low E key automatically closes the whisper key). Your teacher is teaching you what is known as "flicking", and the vast majority of bassoonists do this. Do yourself a favor and spend an hour or so Googling it and learning about it. It does take some time to get the thumb accustomed to hitting the right key, but once you do, it becomes second nature (and it happens rather quickly). The alternative, of course, is horribly embarrassing cracked notes around the top of the staff, and nobody wants that. You should also know that there are an extraordinary number of alternate fingerings for a large percentage of the notes in the bassoon's range, so be prepared to learn different fingerings for different playing situations. (I can think of three F#4 fingerings off the top of my head that I use on a regular basis, for example.)

Topics	Author	Date
Discouraged beginner  new	Surprenant	2012-07-20 05:15
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	CocoboloKid	2012-07-20 05:25
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	Surprenant	2012-07-20 05:46
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	Ian White	2012-07-20 07:25
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	CocoboloKid	2012-07-20 14:48
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	Merlin_Williams	2012-07-21 14:44
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	wkleung	2012-08-07 15:41
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	Surprenant	2012-08-11 14:42
Re: Discouraged beginner  new	wkleung	2012-08-12 23:19

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