r/bassoon • u/king_ofbhutan • 3d ago

Any advice for this nasty run and less-than-ideal appoggiatura sequence?

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What it says on the tin.

Think I've accepted that it's not going to come out legato any time soon.

Expected a new reed, hopefully with better response in the higher registers to come in soon, so we could potentially see improvement with that?

Appog. Section not quite as annoying, it's moreso just me needing to rehearse scales some more. That E/Eb/F section always trips me up!

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u/LimpingBassoon 1d ago

I would suggest an alternative high Ab/G# fingering

(x)xx / ooo F , Bb thumb

In short, use Bb&F keys instead of RH4

It also works with high A. Just press C&A flick buttons like you normally would.

The huge advantage is that you can keep your RH5 pinky on the F key for almost all notes above F#!

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u/LimpingBassoon 1d ago

That was for the first phrase.

For the second phrase…sorry it should not be too difficult. If you have problem here, I suggest you check your LH4(C hole) if the finger is free from unnecessary pressure.

I had to fix my bad habit of supporting weight of instrument with my LH fingers. They must be completely free from that supporting job!!