Weissenborn Study #50A
Weissenborn Opus 8/2, Study #50A for advanced bassoon
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Weissenborn Opus 8/2, Study #50A for advanced bassoon students. Fingerings for E5, high E. Techniques for performing E5 including modifications to bassoon bocals. References to music with E5 by Ravel, Saint-Saëns, and Tansman are also made. Embouchure adjustments for high register and muted playing. Also special thanks given to Arthur Grossman. By Terry B. Ewell, Bassoon Digital Professor. BDP#158.
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0:19Scales and Arpeggios
Welcome, this is Terry Ewell. Study #50 presents many challenges and opportunities. The virtuosic riffs of scales and arpeggios need to be practiced for smooth fingerings and accurate timing. I prefer to shape the scales by lingering a bit more at the bottom and then moving the scale forward at the top. In slow motion it sounds like this:
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1:02Quick Catch Breaths
The breaths given in lines 1 and 2 and in the last line are quick "catch" breaths. Don't make too much space in the music.
1:12Counting Line 2
Many of my students have trouble counting out correctly the first measure of line 2.
1:17Quarter Note and Triplet Rhythm
Be certain to hold the quarter note out for the duration of two eighth notes. The two triplets are notated in a confusing manner. These six notes need to take place in the span of a single eighth note.
1:31Practicing with the Metronome
Let me play the last measure of the first line and this measure with the metronome.
Credits
- author Terry B. Ewell
- composer Julius Weissenborn