Bassoon Applied Music Guidelines
Freshmen
Technical Skills:
Continued refinement of basic techniques. Extension of upper range to C5 (High C). Increased facility in low and middle registers. Continued study of reed trimming. Beginning study of vibrato. Tenor clef study. Development of elementary phrasing concepts. All major scales two octaves (preferred for entire range). Tonic and dominant seventh arpeggios for two octaves (preferred for entire range).
Exercises/Studies:
C. Julius Weissenborn, 50 Advanced Bassoon Studies, op. 8, vol. 2 (various publishers) Alberto Orefici, 20 Melodic Studies for Bassoon (International Music Company) Giovanni Battista Gambaro, 18 Etudes (International Music Company)
Repertoire:
Paolo Girolamo Besozzi: Sonata (Oxford University Press) J. E. Galliard, Six Sonatas (various publishers) Paul Hindemith, Sonata (Schott) William Hurlstone, Sonata (Emerson) Senaille, Introduction et Allegro Spirituoso
Sophomore
Technical Skills:
Increased facility in middle and upper range and tenor clef. Refinement of vibrato. Extension of upper range to D5 (high D). Extension of phrasing concepts. Study of reed making. Introduction to ornamentation. All minor scales two octaves (preferred for entire range). Tonic and dominant seventh arpeggios for two octaves (preferred for entire range).
Exercises/Studies:
Continuation of studies listed above and possibly: Carl H. Jacobi, Six Caprices (International Music Company) Umberto Bertoni, Dodici Studi per Fagotto [12 Studies] (various publishers) Marius Piard, 16 Characteristic Studies (International Music Company)
Repertoire:
Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata in F minor, Sonata in A minor (various publishers)
Johann Friedrich Fasch, Sonatas (various publishers)
W. A. Mozart, Bassoon Concerto (Universal Edition)
Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor (various publishers)
Freshmen
Technical Skills:
Continued refinement of basic techniques. Extension of upper range to C5 (High C). Increased facility in low and middle registers. Continued study of reed trimming. Beginning study of vibrato. Tenor clef study. Development of elementary phrasing concepts. All major scales two octaves (preferred for entire range). Tonic and dominant seventh arpeggios for two octaves (preferred for entire range).
Exercises/Studies:
C. Julius Weissenborn, 50 Advanced Bassoon Studies, op. 8, vol. 2 (various publishers) Alberto Orefici, 20 Melodic Studies for Bassoon (International Music Company) Giovanni Battista Gambaro, 18 Etudes (International Music Company)
Repertoire:
Paolo Girolamo Besozzi: Sonata (Oxford University Press) J. E. Galliard, Six Sonatas (various publishers) Paul Hindemith, Sonata (Schott) William Hurlstone, Sonata (Emerson) Senaille, Introduction et Allegro Spirituoso
Sophomore
Technical Skills:
Increased facility in middle and upper range and tenor clef. Refinement of vibrato. Extension of upper range to D5 (high D). Extension of phrasing concepts. Study of reed making. Introduction to ornamentation. All minor scales two octaves (preferred for entire range). Tonic and dominant seventh arpeggios for two octaves (preferred for entire range).
Exercises/Studies:
Continuation of studies listed above and possibly: Carl H. Jacobi, Six Caprices (International Music Company) Umberto Bertoni, Dodici Studi per Fagotto [12 Studies] (various publishers) Marius Piard, 16 Characteristic Studies (International Music Company)
Repertoire:
Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata in F minor, Sonata in A minor (various publishers)
Johann Friedrich Fasch, Sonatas (various publishers)
W. A. Mozart, Bassoon Concerto (Universal Edition)
Vivaldi, Concerto in A minor (various publishers)