Music and The Bassoon Unit 1

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MUSICANDTHEBASSOON

Unit1

NewNotes:

UsethePreliminaryExercisesVideoasawarmupandreviewoffundamentalskills.

Listentothesoundclipofeachexamplebelowbeforeplayingit.Foritems14,noticethat
thenotesareveryconnected,eventhoughthetonguedefinesthebeginningofeverynote
verygently.Keepyourairmovingwhileasmallpartofyourtonguebrushespastthe
bottombladeofthereedattheopening.

Unit1

Thecurvedlineunderoroverthenotesinthefollowingexamplesindicatesthatthenotes
inthatgroupshouldbeslurred(notarticulatedwiththetongue),creatingasmooth
musicalline.Onlythefirstnoteofeachgroupshouldbearticulatedbyremovingthetongue
fromthereedasyoureleaseyourairstream.

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