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Método: Music of the Americas for Bassoon

Techniques, Etudes, Melodies, and Excerpts from the Americas and Beyond

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Level 4
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Country of Melodies Genre of Melodies Techniques or Concepts Excerpts (Various Countries)
1 Brazil New Notes up to C5, Tabuteau's "Drives"  Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Gomes, Lo Schiavo; Alvorada 
2 Mexico Embouchure positions: parallel and offset; Bb transposition using tenor clef   Mozart, Symphony 35, Villa-Lobos, Chôros No. 3, Pica-Páo
3 USA Spirituals Sprints, Transposition of Treble Clef Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Stravinsky, The Firebird, Berceuse, Beethoven, Quintet
4 Argentina Slow-Fast-Accurate  Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Gomes, Il Guarny, Sinfonia
5 Cuba Triple Tonguing  Strauss, Die Fledermaus Overture; Mozart Così fan tutte; Bach, BWV 155
6 Various Pianissimo playing  Tchaikovsky, Symphony 6, I; Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture; Brahms Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky, Symphony 2, Stravinsky, Rite of Spring.
7 Various Advent & Christmas Beat Displacement  Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Bach, Christmas Oratorio, No. 1 Coro.
8 USA Bb Transposition Using Tenor Clef | Beethoven, Symphony 4, IV; Sousa, The Liberty Bell March; Mendelssohn, Mid-Summer Night's Dream
9 Mexico Hard Stop, Soft Stop:
Tongue Diminuendo (Practice Technique)
Ponce, Sonata for Violoncello, I; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, I.
10 Argentina Varied Articulation Lengths Gomes, Joana de Flandres, Prelúdio.
11 Various Components: Trills, Fingerings, Articulation  Rossini, La Gazza Ladra; Da Silva, National Anthem, Brazil; Mozart, Quintet in Eb; Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, V.
12 Various Rubato Applications  Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherezade; Maurice Ravel, Alborada del gracioso. Büsser, Récit et Thème varié 
13 Cuba
Divisions of 3, 4, and 6
Strauss, Don Quixote; Handel, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
14 Venezuela/France Varied Divisions  Hahn, Quintette; Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore, Romanza
15 Various High Register Fluency  Jose Rene Moreno, Mi Viejo Santa Cruz; Teresa Carreño, Streichquartett in h-Moll 
16 Mexico Down Slurs Poulenc, Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Ponce, Sonata for Violoncello, I.; Manookian, Aires de Yucatán
17 Argentina Turnarounds Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique; Carlos Gomes, Joanna de Flandres 
18 USA Rags, Ragtime Fragmentation-Concatenation Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony, 3rd Mov.; Beethoven 4, 4th mov.; Verdi, Requiem, Quid Sum Miser; Leshnoff, Double Concerto
19  Brazil Monotone for Phrasing Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, II.
20 Various Cadenzas Cadenzas for the Mozart Bassoon Concerto and other Music W. A. Mozart, Symphony 41, IV; Ravel, Rhapsodie Espagnole

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