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Music and The Bassoon Unit 1
Music and The Bassoon Unit 1
Music and The Bassoon Unit 1
Unit1
NewNotes:
UsethePreliminaryExercisesVideoasawarmupandreviewoffundamentalskills.
Listentothesoundclipofeachexamplebelowbeforeplayingit.Foritems14,noticethat
thenotesareveryconnected,eventhoughthetonguedefinesthebeginningofeverynote
verygently.Keepyourairmovingwhileasmallpartofyourtonguebrushespastthe
bottombladeofthereedattheopening.
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Thecurvedlineunderoroverthenotesinthefollowingexamplesindicatesthatthenotes
inthatgroupshouldbeslurred(notarticulatedwiththetongue),creatingasmooth
musicalline.Onlythefirstnoteofeachgroupshouldbearticulatedbyremovingthetongue
fromthereedasyoureleaseyourairstream.
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