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Bassoon Operator: The recurve bow
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Saturday, March 8, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Story of an Old Bassoon. Chapter 11: The wood. Rapsodie Espagnole - the cadenza. 10 Tips for college freshmen music majors. Bret Pimentel, woodwinds. Playing modern vs. “vintage”. Dale Clark's Bassoon Reed Making Blog. Vote Clark Bassoon Reeds! Fedex Small Business Grant. David A. Wells, bassoon. Writing Cadenzas for Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto. Jazz improvisation recordings, 2016. Matt Morris, Bassoon.
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Bassoon Operator: June 2013
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The film adaptation of Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf. Features the bassoon prominently. This is a fictive addition by the filmmakers, as Mowat never mentions a bassoon, but it's a small change to an already somewhat fictional book, and it makes us bassoonists happy. Here's one of the appearances of the bassoon:. Wow, I can't sound like that in my living room, much less outside in the snow. Still, gorgeous playing - - David Wells says. 10 Tips...
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Bassoon Operator: March 2014
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Saturday, March 8, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Story of an Old Bassoon. Chapter 11: The wood. Rapsodie Espagnole - the cadenza. 10 Tips for college freshmen music majors. Bret Pimentel, woodwinds. Playing modern vs. “vintage”. Dale Clark's Bassoon Reed Making Blog. Vote Clark Bassoon Reeds! Fedex Small Business Grant. David A. Wells, bassoon. Writing Cadenzas for Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto. IWasDoingAllRight - Jazz Blog, Jazz Trumpet, Ear Training, Atlanta Jazz.
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Bassoon Operator: The scoop on ivory bell rings
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Sunday, August 3, 2014. The scoop on ivory bell rings. MMI recently replaced an ivory ring on a 12k Heckel with synthetic, due to concerns about its salability. Pictures here. So what's the deal with ivory these days? Well, the full story is a little complicated. Wikipedia has an article on the Ivory trade. Schreger lines in elephant ivory. Schreger lines in mammoth ivory. Mammoths are an interesting case. Mammoths aren't endangered, they are extinct, and have bee...
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Bassoon Operator: Gustav Holst wrote a wind quintet
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Sunday, January 26, 2014. Gustav Holst wrote a wind quintet. Gustav Holst wrote a wind quintet! It's not well known, and was in fact lost for many years. Written in 1903, the manuscript was rediscovered in 1978, and it received its official world premiere in 2006. More than a century between composition and performance, that must be some kind of record. Raymond Head seems to have edited the definitive edition, which is available from his web site. Chapter 11: The wood.
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Bassoon Operator: March 2013
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Sunday, March 24, 2013. I've seen pictures of the Heckelphone. But I don't think I've heard it before. Here's a recording of the Hindemith Heckelphone trio:. Monday, March 11, 2013. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Story of an Old Bassoon. Chapter 11: The wood. Rapsodie Espagnole - the cadenza. 10 Tips for college freshmen music majors. Bret Pimentel, woodwinds. Playing modern vs. “vintage”. Dale Clark's Bassoon Reed Making Blog. Vote Clark Bassoon Reeds!
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Bassoon Operator: April 2013
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Monday, April 22, 2013. Looping with Google Glass. Nice, catchy little piece. And the first person view of the whole process is fun. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Story of an Old Bassoon. Chapter 11: The wood. Rapsodie Espagnole - the cadenza. 10 Tips for college freshmen music majors. Bret Pimentel, woodwinds. Playing modern vs. “vintage”. Dale Clark's Bassoon Reed Making Blog. Vote Clark Bassoon Reeds! Fedex Small Business Grant. David A. Wells, bassoon.
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Bassoon Operator: January 2014
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Sunday, January 26, 2014. Gustav Holst wrote a wind quintet. Gustav Holst wrote a wind quintet! It's not well known, and was in fact lost for many years. Written in 1903, the manuscript was rediscovered in 1978, and it received its official world premiere in 2006. More than a century between composition and performance, that must be some kind of record. Raymond Head seems to have edited the definitive edition, which is available from his web site. Chapter 11: The wood.
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Bassoon Operator: A bassoon love story
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Monday, September 15, 2014. A bassoon love story. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Story of an Old Bassoon. Chapter 11: The wood. Rapsodie Espagnole - the cadenza. 10 Tips for college freshmen music majors. Bret Pimentel, woodwinds. Playing modern vs. “vintage”. Dale Clark's Bassoon Reed Making Blog. Vote Clark Bassoon Reeds! Fedex Small Business Grant. David A. Wells, bassoon. Writing Cadenzas for Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto. Jazz improvisation recordings, 2016.
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Bassoon Operator: September 2014
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An amateur confronts his instrument. Monday, September 15, 2014. A bassoon love story. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Story of an Old Bassoon. Chapter 11: The wood. Rapsodie Espagnole - the cadenza. 10 Tips for college freshmen music majors. Bret Pimentel, woodwinds. Playing modern vs. “vintage”. Dale Clark's Bassoon Reed Making Blog. Vote Clark Bassoon Reeds! Fedex Small Business Grant. David A. Wells, bassoon. Writing Cadenzas for Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto. Jazz improvisation recordings, 2016.
