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bassoon blog: A-Reed-A Day Challenge
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Musings of a professional bassoonist. Sunday, January 4, 2015. Reed #4 of 2015 made on January 4th. So far, so good. I have managed to make a reed a day so far this year, four days into it. A reed a day is very doable, even for such a resistant reedmaker as myself. In fact, when limited to one at a time, I can almost enjoy the process. Are you willing to commit to making a blank a day throughout the year 2015? Wouldn't it be great to know that you'd have 365 new reeds at your disposal this year? Please f...
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bassoon blog: October 2014
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Musings of a professional bassoonist. Saturday, October 4, 2014. Michael Daugherty: Dead Elvis. Michael Daugherty's Dead Elvis. 1993) has become an important staple of the solo bassoon repertoire. It is performed widely by chamber groups as well as orchestras. I'd be willing to hazard a guess that its popularity as a solo bassoon piece is second only to that of the Mozart Bassoon Concerto. Most listeners, unless viewing. The performance, do not realize that Dead Elvis. Instruments is indeed bass trombone.
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bassoon blog: January 2015
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Musings of a professional bassoonist. Sunday, January 4, 2015. Reed #4 of 2015 made on January 4th. So far, so good. I have managed to make a reed a day so far this year, four days into it. A reed a day is very doable, even for such a resistant reedmaker as myself. In fact, when limited to one at a time, I can almost enjoy the process. Are you willing to commit to making a blank a day throughout the year 2015? Wouldn't it be great to know that you'd have 365 new reeds at your disposal this year? We perfo...
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bassoon blog: January 2014
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Musings of a professional bassoonist. Monday, January 27, 2014. Columbus Symphony Young Musicians Competition 2014. Last night I had the privilege of adjudicating the final round of the Columbus Symphony Young Musicians Concerto Competition 2014. Even though the weather was not cooperating, as evidenced by the polar vortex topped off with several inches of falling and blowing snow, the show went on as scheduled. So what must a student do in order to participate? Realistically, though, most students have ...
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bassoon blog: March 2014
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Musings of a professional bassoonist. Friday, March 21, 2014. Rumor has it then when the Boston Symphony's retired principal bassoonist Sherman Walt. Died in 1989, the orchestra performed the Berceuse (Lullaby. In his memory. It's hard to imagine a more fitting tribute from the BSO to its longtime principal bassoonist. Stravinsky certainly did us bassoonists a favor when he featured our instrument this way in the oft-performed Firebird. Suite But when performing the Firebird. Occurs just before the Finale.
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A New Edition of Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in G Minor, RV 495 « David A. Wells, bassoon
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Blank Baroque Fingering Chart Paper. Blank Fingering Chart Paper. A New Edition of Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in G Minor, RV 495. Sep 17th, 2013. I’m very excited today to release something to the world on which I’ve spent a great deal of time: a new performing edition of Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor for bassoon, strings, and basso continuo (RV 495), prepared using a copy of Vivaldi’s own manuscript. You can download the whole thing (for free! Anything, I’d be that much happier. But aside fr...
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Updated Fingering Charts « David A. Wells, bassoon
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Blank Baroque Fingering Chart Paper. Blank Fingering Chart Paper. Jun 25th, 2014. I first published my own bassoon fingering charts a little over two years ago. The charts show my basic fingering(s) for each note. I may at some point add charts for alternate fingerings and/or trills, but they aren’t there yet. There are now four separate versions of my fingering chart, suitable for different uses:. The Beginner Chart includes fingerings for the first three octaves of the bassoon (Bb. Hot Club Faux Gitane.
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Blank Baroque Fingering Chart Paper. Blank Fingering Chart Paper. Dec 5th, 2011. I keep a variety of online feelers out for bassoon-related things. Much of what comes back to me is spam or otherwise uninteresting. But, I do find out about articles and concerts that I might not otherwise. My favorite sort of discoveries, though, are of obscure and often long-forgotten bits of bassoon miscellany. Actually, it sounds to me like a French. Which would make sense given the place and time. Hot Rod Bassoon Strap.
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Fingering Charts « David A. Wells, bassoon
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Blank Baroque Fingering Chart Paper. Blank Fingering Chart Paper. Feb 1st, 2012. Find the latest version of my fingering charts here: http:/ davidawells.com/resources/fingering-charts/. My favorite fingering. No, really. Awhile ago, I’d come across the very cool and well-thought-out Fingering Diagram Builder. Built by Bret Pimentel. Multiple-woodwinds teacher at Delta State University. You can read more about the FDB here. For years, but I’d recently started playing around with LilyPond. I always love to...
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The Numbering of Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerti « David A. Wells, bassoon
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Blank Baroque Fingering Chart Paper. Blank Fingering Chart Paper. The Numbering of Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerti. Jul 2nd, 2014. I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about Vivaldi’s 39 bassoon concerti. The Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition. For which I’m the Director of Operations, uses a different Vivaldi concerto each time around. I wrote the liner notes for the first disc. Of Nadina Mackie Jackson. Throughout, I’ve been able to keep all the numbering systems straight thanks to Jeffrey Lyman. Op 40, #12.
