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A-C

Alexander Technique. See The Body

The Art of the Bassoon Wisconsin Public Radio's "University of the Air" hosts an hour long program on the bassoon (RealAudio format).

Articulation

Articulation Videos

Arts Administration Videos

Auditions

Bartleby Library (Public Domain Anatomical Pictures)

Baroque Performance Practice Videos

Bassoon Bibliographies

Bassoon Discography 

Bassoon Etude Videos

Bassoon Fingerings

Bassoon Interviews

Bassoon Keywork. "Odds and Ends About Bassoon." Chip Owen.

Bassoon Maintenance."Taking Care of your Bassoon." Chip Owen.

Bassoon Materials (Plastic). "The Virtues and Vices of Plastic Bassoons." Chip Owens.

Bassoon MIDI


Bassoon Music, Writings About

Bassoon Purchases. "Evaluating the Condition of a Used Bassoon." Chip Owen.

Bassoon Recordings on this site

Bassoon Reeds/Reed Making

  • Bassoon Reed. J. M. Heinrich, “The Bassoon Reed,” Journal of the International Double Reed Society 7 (1979): 17-43. This article provides excellent comments on bassoon reed construction. Required reading for the bassoonist.
  • Reed Finishing by Terry B. Ewell, Bassoon Professor, Towson University. “A Pedagogy for Finishing Reeds for the German-System (Heckel-System) Bassoon,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 99-108. Here is an updated version
  • Videos on Reed Finishing by Terry B. Ewell.
  • Reed Diagram. Gives labels and some measurements. By Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra.
  • Reed Finishing by Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra.
  • Reed Making by Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra.
  • Reed Adjustments by Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra.
  • Reed Measurements IDRS WWW Reed Project. By Terry B. Ewell, Bassoon Professor, Towson University. This is the most detailed and comprehensive measurement of bassoon reeds available on the web.
  • Reed Measurementsby Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra.
Bassoon Ringtones

Bassoon Videos
Bent Leather Band 

Bible

Bibliographies
 Breathing and Posture

Britanica.com  Encyclopedia Britanica

Body 

Bubonic Bassoon Quartet, 1962 - 1982: A Retrospective on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of its Founding by John Miller (Double Reed 6/1)

Buying an Instrument

British Double Reed Society (BDRS)

Cane 

Career
Chamber Music

Christian meditation

Christmas Music

Christmas Ringtones

Circular Breathing

Competition (video)

Contrabassoon Bibliographies

Contrabassoon Fingerings
Contrabassoon MIDI

Contrabassoon technique (http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/DR/DR10.3/DR10.3.Joli.html)

The Contraforte, Guntram Wolf/Benedikt Eppelsheim's contrabassoon.

Contrabassoon Websites

Crack Prevention for Oboes and Clarinets (Alvin Swiney)


D-F

Devotionals (videos for performers)

Early Tutors

Embouchure

The Emotions

English Horn Fingerings

English Horn MIDI


English Horn Reed Adjustment A brief discussion by Martin Schuring of Arizona State University. See the bottom of the page.  Also see his introduction to the English horn.

English Horn Ringtones

Fingering Technique video

Fingerings

Fitness and Exercise. See The Body

Fox Products pdfs

G-K

Health

Healthy Relationships

Hearing Loss. See The Body

Knives and Knife Sharpening

Heckel. Video tour of the faculty (German)

High Altitude Performance

Humor | Reed Doctor humorous video

Hymns--Ringtones

Injuries. See The Body

Instrument

Interviews

Interpretation

International Double Reed Society (IDRS) The foremost website for information on double reeds.

Intonation

Jazz Oboe Experiments by Alison Wilson

Jesus
L-N

Links to More Links
Long Tones and Drones

Maintaining an Instrument 

Meditation

 MIDI

Midwest Double Reed Society -- This page is provided primarily for double reed instrument players living in the MSRS six-state area, but anybody else is welcome to surf around.

The Mind

Mission Statement for this Web Site

Motion in Music, Bibliography

Music, Printed

O-P

Oboe Bibliographies
 Oboe Discography 

Oboe Fingerings
Oboe Interviews
Oboe MIDI
 Oboe Music, Writings About

Oboe Recordings

Oboe Reeds/Reed Making
  • Beginning Oboe Reed Making by Martin Schuring of Arizona State University.
  • Oboe Reed Adjustment One of the most detailed descriptions on adjusting oboe reeds on the web. Developed by Martin Schuring of Arizona State University.
  • Oboe Reed Diagram Nicely presented diagram of the terms and measurements of an oboe reed. Developed by Martin Schuring of Arizona State University. Also see this pdf file.
  • Oboe Reed Making Excellent graphics combined with brief explanations make this a good site to visit. Also a few terms are included. Developed by Micheal B. Ericson of Western Illinois University.
  • Oboe Reed Making This is a commercial site developed by Ann Rosandich. It contains brief information on the steps of making an oboe reed.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Oboe Reedmaking: A Guide to the American School of Oboe Reedmaking by Ann Rosandich. Website
Oboe Ringtones

Oboe Videos
Oboe Web Sites

Orchestral Excerpts Video (bassoon)

Ornamentation

Perfection vs. Excellence (video)

Performance

Performance Anxiety

Performance and Life

Phrasing (video)

Posture

Practicing

Practicing Without an Instrument 

Practicing Spiritual Things

Products


Q-S

Relationships

Relationship through and with music (video)

Reeds/Reed Making

Reed Finishing paper (Revised Version) by Terry B. Ewell, from: “A Pedagogy for Finishing Reeds for the German-System (Heckel-System) Bassoon,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 99-108.

Reed Finishing videos (bassoon).

More on Reed making:

Reed Making videos (bassoon)

Reed Longevity

Ringtones


ROGET'S Thesaurus

Scales and Arpeggios

Spiritual Change

Spiritual Teacher

Spiritual Things

The Soul and Spirit

Swab for Bassoon (video)

T-V

Teaching
 Techniques and Concepts

Technology

Tone and Musicality

Tutors

Vibrato

Video

W-Z

Warmup

Websites with other links.  See Links

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