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Is it an interesting instrument to play?
It is interesting and the air support is challenging to acquire--but what's even MORE challenging is getting your hands on one. They're VERY VERY pricey and the liklihood a local high school or college has one is VERY slim.
with Dominic Morgan: lso.co.uk
any type of chart will do good.
www.wfg.woodwind.org/bassoon
The regular bassoon fingerings and contrabassoon are the same, so you can just use that. It has some good links on the bottom as well for extra information.
From hexapedia:
The contrabassoon or double bassoon is a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences:
>The reed is...
I remember in a video I saw somewhere, I can't remember where, had a orchestra with a contrabassoonist (at least I thought it was since the instrument compared to other bassoons) who had a...
It sounds to me like a contrabassoon with a low 'A' extension (usually, the contra's lowest note is a Bb). This raises the upper 'U' bend way above the player's head and also make the bell quite a lot higher.
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Baroque...
The score for Symphony No. 5 is: three trombones, two trumpets, two horns, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, one piccolo, one contrabassoon, one timpani and strings. That's a total of nineteen instruments. Can you place them in...
What order are you asking for? Is it who plays first, the order from the top to the bottom of the score, alphabetical order, how many of each?? I have never heard anything close to this question before.
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Published by Musik Fabrik (French import). For Contrabassoon and piano.
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For Contrabassoon Solo, Piano Reduction. Duration 11 minutes. Solo Part and Piano Reduction. Published by MMB Music Inc. Solo Instrument(s) and Band/Orchestra.
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Cooman. For ContraBassoon, Piano. Duration 4 minutes. Set of Parts. Published by MMB Music Inc. Chamber Ensemble.
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Cooman. Duration 8 minutes. Set of Parts. Chamber Ensemble. Published by MMB Music Inc. For ContraBassoon, Piano.
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Published by Edition Peters. For Bassoon, Contrabasssn. Edited by Kolbinger / Rinderspacher.
Borusan Philharmonic triumphs on Salzburg Festival stage
The concert inaugurated the Festspiele’s 90th year of presenting the world’s great classical musicians. As a journalist sitting in the middle of the international audience, most of whom had probably never heard a Turkish orchestra before, I witnessed the thrilling response: a roar of “bravos” in an ecstatic outpouring of approval.
Placed up front at one of the most respected musical festivals, BÄ°FO joined the list of such established names as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic and the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, so this performance represents an official European debut on a level of global artistic acceptance.
I could hear German composer Paul Hindemith applauding in his grave. More about him, and why, later.
The Austrian connection
This auspicious debut also represented other important professional markers. The orchestra’s conductor, Sascha Goetzel (who is Austrian), got his chance to present his pride and joy -- the Borusan Philharmonic
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Borusan Philharmonic triumphs on Salzburg Festival stageToday's Zaman - Jul 27, 2010
using ambient noodling and moments of jazzy rhythms in familiar modes, until foreboding solo notes by the contra-bassoon signaled a distant doom.
Audiophile Audition - Jul 26, 2010
The horns, sopranos, and contrabassoon each add a distinctive color to the Good News. Marked bass-fiddle accents open the deeply anguished meditation,
New York Times - Jul 06, 2010
Alan Gilbert of the New York Philharmonic has 12 positions to fill. Many top orchestras have an unusual number of openings. By DANIEL J. WAKIN The nation is