The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon 2

Volume I of The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon (a must for all young bassoon students - The Double Reed: a landmark in pedagogy - Double Reed News) presented an updated, user-friendly version of Julius Weissenborn's seminalwork for beginning bassoon students. Now, Volume II provides Weissenborn's advanced teaching material in a similar modern, easy-to-use edition. With well-organized lessons, supplemental materials, and advanced fingering charts, Volume II of The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon is a must-have for advanced bassoon students. FEATURES: - Spiral-bound book lays flat on the stand and will last for years - At 190 pages, it weighs just 22 ounces and fitseasily into most music pouches - Material is presented in well-organized lessons with no bad page turns and minimal need to flip between sections of the book - New expanded editions of Weissenborn's Advanced Studies, Op. 8, No. 2and Milde's Scale and Chord Studies, Op. 25. Six of the Advanced Studies are provided in two keys - the key Weissenborn originally intended, plus the key in which it was first published - for a total of 56 Advanced Studies. TheMilde Scale and Chord Studies contain nine bonus etudes to cover all 15 key signatures and to practice chromatic scales in a variety of keys. - Table of Contents and Reference Charts make it easy to find specific etudes whenneeded - Supplemental Materials include: Double-tonguing and triple-tonguing exercises by Arban: Sight-reading/rhythmic etudes by Bona: and select etudes from Weissenborn's Op. 8, No. 1 - Introduces all notes up to E5 with logicalpacing and plenty of material to master each new note - Covers all Major and Minor Keys through seven sharps and seven flats, with long tones, scales, and arpeggios for each key