{"id":201,"date":"2012-05-04T18:54:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnschroder.co.uk\/js\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2019-03-17T17:20:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T17:20:35","slug":"best-top","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnschroder.co.uk\/js\/fingerings\/best-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Best top register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Top Register Bassoon Fingerings<\/h2>\n

As used by the CBSO bassoon section (in 1992!)<\/h4>\n
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Click on a note to go to the fingering.<\/p>\n

\"35-44\"<\/p>\n\n\"Ab\"\n\"A\"\n\"Bb\"\n\"B\"\n\"CC#\"\n\"CC#\"\n\"DEb\"\n\"DEb\"\n\"EF\"\n\"EF\"\n<\/map>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\"241-318\"<\/div>\n
The crook key usually helps. Eb key or C# key (left little finger) may improve the sound.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"262-318\"<\/div>\n
Eb key or C# key (left little finger) may improve the sound. The crook key can be helpful, although the only way to keep it down is by using the lock. Some instruments have a link from the a-key (left thumb) that closes the crook key automatically.
\nCan be played without the right hand for fast passages.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"269-318\"<\/div>\n
Eb key or C# key (left little finger) may improve the sound. May work better without the 1st finger of the right hand.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"270-318\"<\/div>\n
Make sure that the ring key on the left hand is working. You will find it harder if it has stuck down!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"276-318\"<\/div>\n
Make sure that the ring key on the left hand is working. You will find it harder if it has stuck down!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"288-318\"<\/div>\n
May work better with the Bb key (right thumb). I sometimes press the top 2 keys with my left thumb.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"294-318\"<\/div>\n
May work better with the Bb key (right thumb). I sometimes press the top 2 keys with my left thumb.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"295-318\"<\/div>\n
Try varying the size of the half hole if you have problems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"304-318\"<\/div>\n
Try varying the size of the half hole if you have problems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\"307-318\"<\/div>\n
Try varying the size of the half hole if you have problems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For these highest notes I find that I need to blow hard as well as press hard with my lips. They are usually easier to get if you slur to them rather than tongue them.<\/p>\n

If you wait until you have to play a piece with top notes before practising them then you won’t be familiar with them. I warm up with a slurred chromatic scale going up as high as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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