Hello Charlie (et al) I too do not like the differing nomenclature for specific tones coming from a bassoon. I do not understand the logic of Terry Ewell's...
Yeah, I was wondering if I should have been a bit more specific as to what I meant by "Ab3", sorry. I'm just used to using that system, where the lowest note...
Hello Allen (et al) As I mentioned in a prior note the A flat 2 (top line bass clef) should have a half-hole size 4/5 covered. This, and the sure use of...
Karlheinz Stockhausen passed away last December. This isn't directly related to le basson, but I just now found out about this and, as he was one of the most...
Hello to everyone, Yes, I find it very strange and a sad thing that important personages in the arts and music world are very rarely remembered at their...
Dear all, I just found three short clips (three minutes each) of Gilbert Audin giving a masterclass in Italy. Featured are the opening of the Jolivet Concerto...
Dear all, Just came across this on eBay. Please note that the back insert is cut. I have no commercial interest with this seller, just thought some of you...
Honestly, normally I don't care for solo string music, but I just can't dislike this piece, and it's an excellent performance, as well. Also: French and German...
I think - the picture is not that good - that the lady with the Moosmann substituting for Bob Permentier is Elvire Shabon. In that case, I met her for the...
Hello Wai Kit et al, Funny thing this Youtube. I have tried unsuccessfully to log on several times. The message I get back "This video is unavailable". Also a...
Hi Lewis, I am sorry to hear that you have had trouble loading the video. I haven't viewed it since and am not sure if it has been taken off. If you do a...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2n_SvR4GNM&feature=related Sounds like no vibrato to me ... also the turntable speed was too high. Has Allard recorded it by...
Do any of you have information on some hard rubber bassoons made by Buffet? I am restoring one. It has the serial number 262 but with no R either before or...
I think it's Masahito Tanaka. ... You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. [Non-text portions of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkQ_pEd8XKw&feature=related I wish I knew who was in the bassoon section. The camera operators seem to be terrified of them....
hi allen and friends, i have not managed to watch all yet. there is no question that the player has a selmer bassoon and so i imagine it is phillipe hanon. the...
Dear all, Speaking of Philippe Hanon, I will be lucky enough to meet him when he is in Boston. I guess I better practise my basson again (it has been almost a...
thanks for the update on julien, the young star of the basson. i am going to try to meet with hanon in philly if schedules permit. -chuck ... From: Wai Kit...
We know that le basson can work in the same section as das Fagott, and that the result can actually be very beautiful, so I was wondering: Do any of you play...
Sherman would have gotten to enjoy a lot more skiing, and Alan Fox a lot more sailing... -G. ... From: "Allen R. Hall" <tyrelroo@...> Sent: Saturday,...
(Well, all joking aside, enough can't be said for Jerry Correy's excellent article: https://www.idrs.org/Publications/Journal/JNL1/frenchbsn.html Lew Lipnick...
Hello Guy (et al) Many thanks for mentioning my article on playing the French system bassoon as well as the German system bassoon in N. American orchestras. I...
I'm wondering what the correct note is at the end of measure 23 in Dutilleux's Sarabande et Cortège. The third beat of the measure appears to be a whole-tone...
Hello Charles, (et al) I always have used the Ab at the end of measure 23 (it is not a whole tone scale part all the way from the lowest note G2) it sounds...
dear allen, as you might already know, i play both systems professionally and have written about it in the double reed. currently i use the buffet for most...
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