Method for Bassoon

by Julius Weissenborn and Weissenborn/Bettoney

This enlarged edition by Fred Bettoney contains a complete fingering chart, trill table and section on the instrument. The 160 page volume includes hundres of music exercises, performance pieces and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825801699
• ISBN13: 9780825801693
• Release Date: June 1940
• Publisher: Appa the Association of Higher Education Faci
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent method for learning bassoon

Overall, this book is excellent, although it is a little unclear what the relationship is between it and another entitled "A Practical Method for Bassoon". One problem--mine arrived without the advertised fingering chart, but that's to be expected for what was being sold as a used book. Besides, I have plenty of fingering charts from other bassoon books. This book provides a very nice selection of graduated etudes that are technically challenging and musically pleasing, and which introduce new notes and techniques in a very logical manner. I had sailed through the Yamaha and Essential Elements series having done little more than learn the fingerings--no work at all on technique or tonality. As an intelligent adult who is already musically accomplished and who is trying to teach himself a new instrument, there is simply too little meat in the standard lesson books. I can only play "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" and "Alouette" so many times before they lose their charm! However, Weissenborn in combination with "The Art of Bassoon Playing" has greatly accelerated improvement of my technique and tonality. I play the music in Weissenborn, then I trouble-shoot problems using "The Art..." and return to Weissenborn to practice the new techniques. I wish a book similar to Weissenborn existed for oboe, my other current self-learning project.

One of the most widely used instructional works for bassoon

The Weissenborn method is undoubtedly one of the most widely used methods for bassoon and is popular with teachers and students alike. It contains progressive technical excercises, scale and warm up exercises, progressive character studies (etudes) and duets. It also has an excellent fingering chart and general comments about the bassoon and it's technique.I highly recommend this method. I used it myself when I was a student and also recommend it for my students.

A must-have method book for aspiring young bassoonists.

This method book is often refered to as "the bassoonists' bible". It uses a step by step process to build technique and improve overall playing ability. It is the book used in the state of Alabama (and perhaps others) for All-state band auditions. This is not a book for beginers, but will take an intermideate player to advanced level and beyond.