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Post by alrec on Nov 16, 2005 22:55:02 GMT -5
colledge sounds like fun
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Post by bassoonlove on Nov 17, 2005 22:10:09 GMT -5
YAY BASSOONS!!! I love playing it. I play a lot with the low brass but I pay a lot of stuff with the high reeds. When I just started playing it everyone thought it was odd because the person that played before me sucked so no on really knew what it sounded like, now I play it and I out play sme of my friends. My reed I swear is trying to kill me, it keeps cuting my throat but I've never had one break.
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Post by alrec on Nov 18, 2005 17:36:39 GMT -5
arnt you lucky ^_^
All reeds have it out for there owners...unless they are hand made....or made by lesher
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Post by flutegirl4life on Jan 21, 2006 1:00:25 GMT -5
i have a question should you absolutely have private lessons? i want to switch my (sis played for three years before she graduated) but my bd said i have to have private lessons AND flautists cant play bassoon
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Post by bluebassoon on Jan 21, 2006 18:56:12 GMT -5
All reeds have it out for there owners...unless they are hand made....or made by lesher I don't know about lesher reeds, but even handmade reeds can have it out for their owners. I would definitely recommend taking lessons for bassoon from the beginning. So few band directors have the time or knowledge to help you make sure you have the right embouchure. Also, private lessons will help you learn the correct set of fingerings for your particular instrument (because some school instruments aren't that good and require special fingerings to play in tune) that you wouldn't be able to find in just any old fingering chart. Good luck and happy bassooning!
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Post by flutegirl4life on Jan 25, 2006 22:39:48 GMT -5
well my sis plays and is willing to help me its just my director wont let me cause i cant get lessons
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Post by alrec on Jan 25, 2006 22:58:05 GMT -5
All reeds have it out for there owners...unless they are hand made....or made by lesher I don't know about lesher reeds, but even handmade reeds can have it out for their owners. The leshers do to....as i found out sometime after i thought that this thread was dead..... right now im using a brand called chartier, which is rocking my socks. a bit too thin tho, its hard to play low and soft with the reed. Lessons = YES, trust me you'll do a lot better with help from the beggining. I did it solo, and im having to break some of the bad habbits i got becuse i had no idea, and i have to re-learn a lot of stuff, plus new stuff..... Im up to it, no sweat, but i wish i would have started earylier. and unless your bd knows how to play bassoon.lets re-phrase that, knows how to play bassoon WELL. Then he cant help you on it.............that would be why he recomended you take lessons. Flutes CAN play, but its going to be very very very very very very very very very x10(superscript 607958489239.....) hard its possible, but your gonna hate yourself for about 2-6 months. but when you get through it, it is more then worth it
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Post by medya on Jan 28, 2006 22:43:26 GMT -5
Okay, here's a fingering predicament I have: For our next concert, one of our pieces is "Lux Aurumque." (You can hear the song HERE) Halfway through the song are sequences of tied half/whole notes going low F -> middle F -> middle Ab, and Low Eb -> middle Eb -> low Db. However, the transition between middle Eb and low Db is pretty bad sounding. Is there a good way to switch from one to another without stopping the current note and sounding like crap?
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Post by alrec on Jan 28, 2006 23:51:19 GMT -5
it might be a fingering thing, but you said it was low.......so it is most likelly your tongue and air pitch, being off sync with your fingers. pLay it slow at a speed where you can make it right, then work up.
It could also be the reed. If you have a reed that plays good low tones, switch to it if you can. If you dont have a spot you can switch to it from (like long rests) and you cant fix it with the above mentioned method, i suggest you check your bassoon for loose screws.
Finnally, if the bassoon and reed are in good order, and the above method isnt helping, it may just be that you arnt currentlly capable of it, or your bassoon isnt.
In that case, it may be advisable to jumping an octive, and playing a bit louder.
If you need tips on adjusting reeds ask. Most reeds play well when a dime just fits between the blades (the edge)
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Post by godsgift2bassbones on Jan 28, 2006 23:59:05 GMT -5
oh I once cracked a reed in concert...we were playing Carmina Burana, and I had to "bite" so hard just to make it play in tune because it was so flat...and we're playing the last movement, and I'm wondering why it sounds like crap...turns out there's a crack running right down the center of it, it was pretty pathetic...and then my bassoon teacher (she was in the audience) said she didn't hear any difference...! XD adventures in bassoondom
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Post by alrec on Jan 29, 2006 0:21:29 GMT -5
lol, thats loads of fun.
I was playing with my friend, and this one piece FEATURED bassoons. WE were very very very exposed. Her mom couldnt here us
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Post by javelin on Feb 8, 2006 18:33:32 GMT -5
I've been playing bassoon for 3 months now. I've progressed to the point where I can handle most of the stuff we play in concert band (which pretty much consists of mainly quarter notes, whole notes, half notes, and a few small eighth note runs here and there).
This has always bothered me: I sound like a baritone sax. Not the same, but close enough that it would bother me. I hit lower register notes like F2 and below and I feel as if I sound like a bari sax. Up high, I'm a little flat, and I know I need to work on breath support on it (pretty much any instrument I play really), but my main concern is my timbre on the lower notes. Up high I sound...like...not any other instrument. Should I sound like a bari sax at all down low? I hear people who've at least been playing a while and they sound different--a better different--than I do down low, and I know I've only played for 3 months, but I sound like a bari sax, and not near what they sound like.
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Post by bluebassoon on Feb 9, 2006 21:50:03 GMT -5
You may be using the wrong embouchure and/or have a bad reed. There is no reason for a bassoon to sound like a bari sax if you have the correct embouchure and a reed that works well for you.
My studio has reed classes where we make reeds or improve upon the ones we've already made. It's pretty apparent when quite a bit of work needs to be done on a reed (for example, the back of the reed may be too heavy) because even the performance majors that play in the local symphony orchestra (not only the school orchestra) sound like bari saxes.
My instructor, Susan, has mentioned to us on particularly-bari-sounding days that when she was an undergrad she went into her jury and the clarinet prof told her she was sounding more and more like a bari sax everyday. Ouch.... She has never said that to her students.
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Post by alrec on Feb 10, 2006 20:44:39 GMT -5
well, it could be the bassoon. Or its just how you are playing......I told you about the "Doofus" embochure right?
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Post by bluebassoon on Feb 26, 2006 20:47:29 GMT -5
Do any of the other bassoonists on here go to an event like BASSOONarama? It's an all-day concert/workshop thing for high school and college aged bassoonists hosted by the bassoon professor at Eastern Washington University. Last year we had over 20 bassoons in the ensemble for the little concert we put on for friends and family. The third annual BASSOONarama is going to happen this Saturday and my studio is going to participate.
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