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TEACHING (AND LEARNING)

Oboe

Introduction to Oboe. Paulu, Catherine and Shiltz, Grover. Let’s Play Oboe. South Whitley: Fox Products Corporation, 2002.

Teachers Guide to Oboe. Lehman, Paul R. Teacher’s Guide to the Oboe. Elkart: H. & A. Selmer, Inc. 1965.

Effective Guidance for the Young Oboist: John Mack. The Journal of The International Double Reed Society Number 2, 1974

Oboe Clinic. White, Holly. “Oboe Clinic with Holly White.”

Tabuteau's Musical Concepts. Daniel Stolper, “A Conversation with Joseph Robinson,” The Double Reed 4/1 (March 1981): 16-26.

Smoother Technique. Toward a Smoother Technique on the Oboe: James E. Lakin. The Double Reed Vol. II, No. 1

English Horn

Introduction to English Horn. Shiltz, Grover. Let’s Play English Horn. South Whitley: Fox Products Corporation, 2000.

Bassoon

Introduction to Bassoon. Fox, Hugo. “Let’s Play Bassoon.” South Whitley: Fox Products Corporation, 2000.

Beginning Bassoonist. Terry B. Ewell, "Teaching the Beginning Bassoonist," The Double Reed 23/2 (2000): 35-43.

Beginning Bassoonist. Polk, Janet. “Starting a Student on Bassoon.”

Young Bassoonist. Renee Dee, “Nurturing the Young Bassoonist: A Holistic approach,” The Double Reed 24/4 (2001): 113-123. An excellent discussion of teaching younger double reed players.

Intermediate Bassoonist. Polk, Janet. “The Intermediate Bassoonist: Clinic with Janet Polk.”

A thoughtful approach to bassoon playing: Douglas E. Kehlenbrink. The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 15 (1987)

An Approach to the Bassoon and Its Literature: Alan Leech. The Journal of the International Double Reed Society No. 14, 1986.

Tabuteau's Concepts Applied to Bassoon. "A Bassoonist's Expansions upon Marcel Tabuteau's "Drive," The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 20 (July 1992): 27-30.

Contrabassoon

Contrabassoon Performance. Cornelia A. Biggers Tampa, CONTRA-BASSOON PERFORMANCE To the World's Bassoonists 2/3

Contrabassoon? Let's Get to the Bottom of This: Richard E. Plaster. The Journal of The International Double Reed Society Number 3, 1975

Contrabassoon Technique: Michel Jolivet. The Double Reed, Vol. 10, No. 3.

Tone and Musicality

Broken Link (please forward new link): Moyse's "Tone Development" Sound Files. An extremely useful collection of historic opera excerpt recordings to accompany the exercises in Moyse's book. Project concieved and constructed by Joe Manuppello with assistance from Richard Volet and Ruth Ann McClain.

Recommended Recordings (Not Double Reed) by Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra.

Articulation

Articulation on the Bassoon. Terry B. Ewell, "Articulation on the Bassoon: Should the Jaw Move? " The Double Reed 17/3 (Winter 1994): 83-85.

Articulation videos by Terry B. Ewell, Bassoon Digital Professor.

Double Tonguing: a Guide for Initial and Continuing Study: George Adams. The Double Reed, Vol. 8, No. 2

Tonguing Techniques. "Musical Musings: Tonguing Techniques," The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 107.

The art of double tonguing on reed instruments: Frederick W. Moritz. Journal of the International Double Reed Society, Number 11, 1983.

Vibrato

A Cinefluorographic Pilot Study of the Throat While Vibrato Tones Are Played On Flute & Oboe by Andrew F. D. Brown

Oboe Vibrato by Martin Schuring, Arizona State University

Bassoon Vibrato. Kahane, J. C.; Beckford, N. S.; Chorna, L. B.; Teachey, J. C.; and McClelland, D. K. “Videofluoroscopic and Laryngoscopic Evaluation of the Upper Airway and Larynx of Professional Bassoon Players.” Journal of Voice 20/2 (2006): 297-307.

Vibrato as a Concept in Woodwind Performance, Part II - Lawrence Singer. The Double Reed, Vol. 23 No. 3

The Problems of Playing the Bassoon -- Applying the Vibrato: Ottó Oroszegi. The Journal of The International Double Reed Society Number 3, 1975

Intonation

How to Improve Your Tuning on the Bassoon: Gerald E. Corey. Journal of the International Double Reed Society, Number 8, 1980.

Technology

Keyboard Technology for Double Reed Instruction. Terry B. Ewell, "Keyboard Technology in the Double Reed Studio," The Double Reed, Journal Issue 22/2 (1999): 57-61.

Early Tutors

Fundamentals of bassoon playing as described in late eighteenth-century tutors: H. Gene Griswold. The Journal of the International Double Reed Society No. 13, 1985.