Double Reed Fingering Charts – Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon & Contrabassoon

Fingerings

Bassoon | Contrabassoon | Historical Bassoon | English Horn | Oboe

Several Double Reed Instruments: The Woodwind Fingering Guide. Fingering chart for many woodwinds, including Oboe, English Horn, and Bassoon.

Bassoon

New: Bassoon Fingerings for Difficult Passages

Fingering Chart for German system by Terry B. Ewell (pdf)
Fingering Chart for German system by Lisa Hoyt and Terry B. Ewell
Bassoon Fingerings. IDRS Bassoon-Family Fingering Companion compiled by Terry B. Ewell.
Hugo Fox. Let's Play Bassoon

German System, Compiled by Terry B. Ewell
- Heckel-system (German) bassoon
  - Heckel bassoon key and hole names (picture)
  - Suggested fingerings for musical passages (index)
  - Fingerings by note name (index)
  - Fingerings for trills and shakes (index)
  - Fingerings for pianissimo (text)
  - Fingerings for microtones (index)
  - Fingerings for multiphonics (index)
  - Fingerings for harmonics (index)
  - Select bibliography (text)
- Buffet-system (French) bassoon
  - Suggested fingerings for musical passages (index)
  - Fingerings by note name (index)
  - Fingerings for trills and shakes (index)
  - Select bibliography (text)
- Modern non-standard bassoons
  - Select bibliography (text)

Contrabassoon

Contrabassoon Fingerings. IDRS Bassoon Fingering Companion compiled by Terry B. Ewell.

Suggested German-system fingerings for musical passages (index)
German-system and French-system fingerings by note name (index) Lost by IDRS. Recovered on the WayBack Machine here
German-system fingerings for trills and shakes (index)
Select bibliography (text)
Fox Products Contrabassoon Fingering Chart

Contra Bassoon Technique - Michel Jolivet (Available to IDRS members only)

Historical Instruments

Historical bassoon fingering tables (by Terry B. Ewell)
- Historical bassoon fingering tables (index)
- Select bibliography for bassoon and contrabassoon (text)
Moeck Baroque Bassoon Fingerings by Phillip A. Levin (Available to IDRS members only)

English Horn

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

Oboe

Oboe fingerings on PDF chart
Oboe Fingerings
Multiphonics for the Oboe: Nora Post. Journal of the International Double Reed Society, Number 10, 1982. (Available to International Double Reed Society [IDRS] Members)
Also see:

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

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