Bassoon Digital Professor

Presenting a well-reasoned pedagogy for bassoon practice and performance

Recommended Course of Study for Bassoon

Videos by Terry B. Ewell, sequential listing: Videos 1-100 | Videos 101-200 | Videos 201-300

Search the videos and see them on YouTube.

Topical Listing (W = Weissenborn Study):

Accents (varied types, W23)
Appoggiaturas (W38, Mozart 4)
Articulation and note lengths (W5, 7,
30, 35A, 36, 37, 43)
Articulation Experiments
Articulation, adding slurs in music (Mozart 3)
Arts Administration
Avoiding Injury (W9, 10, 11)
Bach, J. S. compositions,
Baroque Performance
Beat (metric) displacement (W18, 22)
Bocals for high register (W50A)
Breathing (2nd Lesson, part 2)
Breathing, rapid (W3, 7, 31)
Breaths, where to breathe (W5, 9, 20, 33)
Breaths, double breath sign (W20)
C#3 (10th Lesson)
Cadenzas (also Mozart 6, 7, 8)
Chamber Music
Climaxes, musical goals (W38)
Circular Breathing
Colossians 3:16 psalms, hymns, spiritual songs
Competition, healthy attitude (W25)
Counting Rests
Devotionals
Double Tonguing
Drones (W1, 8, 28, 32)
Eingangen (Mozart 5)
Embouchure positions (W34, 50A, 8th Lesson, part 2)
Endurance (Weekend Warrior Lecture)
Equipment and Accessories
Fermata and Caesura (W4)
Fingering Technique
Five components for sound production (W28, 30)
Flick keys, venting keys (W3, 4, 13, 6th Lesson)
Handel's Messiah
High register fingerings (W48, 49, 50A)
Increased air for articulation (W2)
Jaw motion (W3)
Lectures (from College Courses)
Metronome (W22)
Missing Notes (Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, Part 2 )
Monotones (W41)

Mordents (W21A)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
Octaves, rapid playing (W25)
Orchestral Excerpts
Orefici Music and Other Items
Ornamentation (also Mozart 4 and 5)
Perfection vs. excellent (W27)
Performances
Phrasing (W35B, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41,
43, 47)
Playing on the wind (W6, 7, 13, 29)
Posture (1st lesson, part 2 ,2nd Lesson)
Practice Strategy (W8)
Practice tool summary (W21B)
Reed Doctor
Reed Finishing
Reed finishing for high register (W49)
Reed Making
Reviews of Elementary Studies
Rinsforzando (W12, 35A)
Rubato (W39)
Satzenhofer Music
Skype, Online Music Lessons
Slur, downard (W26)
Solo Literature
Sprints (W8, 11, 16, 24, 31)
Starting Bassoon & Bassoon
Lessons
Study Advice
Subdivision, divisions (W4, 6, 32, 46)
Symbol: alternate fingering (W4)
Technology
Tactus and Tempo (Mozart 9)
Timbre, matching (W45)
Tonguing, light (W33)
Tongued stops, hard and soft (8th Lesson, part 1)
Translations
Tuners (W32)
Tuning (W28, 29)
Tutti Sections (Mozart 2)
Urtext Editions (Mozart 1)
Vibrato (Introduction-Mozart 14, Mechanisms-Mozart 15, Developing-Mozart 16, Application-Mozart 17; W35A, 35B)
Voicing, vowels (9th Lesson)
Weekend Warrior
Weissenborn 50 Studies, and Other Items

Articulation

Link to articulation videos

Arts Administration (Presentation given at MasterWorks Festival, 03 July 07)

Text of the Presentation (all five parts)
Part 1: Introduction. Definition of administration and discussion some of the duties commonly associated with administration. (7 min., 2007, BDP # 12)

YouTube | RealPlayer | iPod or mpeg4 (mv4) | Windows media video (size 17 Mb)

Part 2: Early administration of Joseph. Insights are drawn from the administrative experiences of Joseph and applied to contemporary settings. (13 min., 2007, BDP #13)

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Sound file only (mp3)
YouTube Part A | YouTube Part B

Part 3: Later administration of Joseph. Insights are drawn from the administrative experiences of Joseph and applied to contemporary settings. (12 min., 2007, BDP # 14)

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Sound file only (mp3)
YouTube Part A | YouTube Part B

Part 4: Conclusion. Includes a discussion of the handout. (11 min., 2007, BDP #15)

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Part 5: Conclusion. Includes a discussion of the handout. (7 min., 2007, BDP #16)

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J. S. Bach and Bach in Baltimore

Link to videos on Bach and Bach in Baltimore

Baroque Performance Practice

Baroque Accompaniments on Piano (10 min., 2008, BDP #42)

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Also see Ornamentation

Chamber Music

Performing in a Wind Quintet (10 min., 2012, BDP #81)

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관악오중주 연주 (11 min., 2013) flash | mp4 | mp4 (large) | Transcript

Playing Bassoon in a Wind Quintet (11 min., 2012, BDP #82)

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관악오중주에서의 바순 연주 (11 min., 2013) YouTube | flash | mp4 | mp4 (large) | Transcript

Nielsen Quintet, Variation 7 (4 min., 2012, BDP #83)

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Nielsen의 관악오중주, 변주곡 7번 Nielsen Quintet, Variation 7 (4 min., 2013) YouTube | flash | mp4 | mp4 (large) | Transcript

Playing Bassoon in a Wind Quintet (7 min., 2012, BDP #84)

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Nielsen의 관악오중주 연주를 위한 운지법과 저음 A 연주법 및 몇 가지 부분에 대한 제안. (7 min., 2013) YouTube | flash | mp4 | mp4 (large) | Transcript

Francis Poulenc—50 Years Later (1899-1963). (12 min., 2013, BDP 103) Towson University Department of Music showcase. Lecture by Carl Schmidt with sample performances by music faculty and staff, 12 March 2013. Excerpts from Suite française d'après Claude Gervaise FP 80, Vocalise FP 44, Petites Voix FP 83, Preiz pour paix FP 95, and Sextour FP 100.

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Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Clarinetists (8 1/2 min.,BDP #160). James Logan, clarinet instructor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), first movement, Cortége.

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Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Oboists (10 min., BDP #161). Fatma Daglar, oboe instructor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), first movement, Cortége. Removed 2020 July 09 as per Daglar's request.

Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Flutists (12 min., BDP #162). Sara Nichols, flute instructor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), first movement, Cortége.

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Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Piccolo Players (4 min., BDP #163). Sara Nichols, flute instructor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), sixth movement, Chasse a Valabre.

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Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Quintet and Bassoon Players (7 min., BDP #164). Dr. Terry B. Ewell, bassoon professor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du Roi René (The Chimney of King René), fifth movement, Joustes sur l'arc.

Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Quintet and Horn Players (9 min., BDP #177). Prof. Jason Ayoub, horn professor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du Roi René (The Chimney of King René), third movement.

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Milhaud’s Suite for WW Quintet, Comments for Quintet and Horn Players (4 min., BDP #178). Prof. Jason Ayoub, horn professor at Towson University, provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du Roi René (The Chimney of King René), fifth movement.

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Chamber Music: Ensemble Games

Ensemble Games (6 min., 2013, BDP #102)

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Circular Breathing

Circular Breathing: Part 1 Concepts (7 min., 2007, BDP #7)

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+Ewell's article: "Musical Musings: Circular Breathing," The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 68.

+Jane Ann Orzel's letter: "Musical Musings: Circular Breathing, Part II," The Double Reed 26/4 (2003): 44.

環呼吸 (4 min., 2011, BDP #75ch)

YouTube | Flash | mp4 | mp4 大 | 抄本 transcript

Respiración circular en el fagot (5 min, 2018, BDP #233)

YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Respiración circular en el fagot, 2. Uso de una bombilla o sorbete, el tudel del fagot, y el instrumento. (12 1/2 min, 2018, BDP #234)

YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Circular Breathing: Part 2 Practice without the Instrument (2007, BDP #8)

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Circular Breathing: Part 3 Practice on the Instrument (2007, BDP #9)

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Practicing Circular Breathing (2011, BDP #76, 12 min.; this is a remake of BDP #8 and 9)

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循环呼吸的練習方法 (2011, BDP #76ch)

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Counting Rests

Counting Long Rests in Music (4 min., 2008, BDP #43)

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Devotionals (presented at the Masterworks Festival, Grace College, Winona Lake, IN)

Connecting with God (11 min., 2013, BDP #108)

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Embarrassing Moments (10 min., 2010, BDP #85)

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Bach and His Bible. MasterWorks Festival, Lunch time devotional, 2003. (14 min., BDP #5)

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요 한 세바스찬 바하의 성경책. (J. S. Bach's Bible) (15 min., 2020, BPD #5) YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | transcript
Библия И. С. Баха. Pусский YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция
La Biblia de J. S. Bach. Español (16 min. 2020. BDP #5) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Recognizing God's Voice (12 min., 2016, BDP#203)
Flash (cc, searchable) | mp4 | Windows media video (cc) | transcript
하 나님 의 음성 듣기 (13 min., 2020, BDP # 203) YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | transcript
Pусский (13 min., 2020) YouTube | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция
Español (9 min.,. 2020. BDP #58) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Responding to the Maestro (2004, BDP #6)
RealPlayer (size 106 Mb)

Second Best is God Blessed (13 min., 2006, BDP #38)

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Equipment and Accessories

Make Your Bassoon Swabs (6 min., 2008, BDP #29)

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Fingering Technique

Interviews

采访1, 陶森大学音乐学院. Interview 1, Towson University, Department of Music. 朱潇潇 Xiaoxiao Zhu. (2015, BDP #165, 6 min.)

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Department of Music Towson University. Graduate student Ms. Sunghee Flores discusses her experiences as an international student in the Department of Music at Towson University.(BDP# 176)

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Lori Laitman, composer, I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Jonathan Leshnoff, composer, Double Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Orchestra (2019)

Interview #1 (2018, BDP# 231, 8 1/2 min.) YouTube | mov | mp4 | wmv | transcript

Interview #2 (2018, BDP# 232, 8 1/2 min.) YouTube | mov | mp4 | wmv | transcript

Interview #3 (2019, BDP #239, 8 min.) YouTube | mov | mp4 | wmv

Interview #4 (2019, BDP #240, 8 min.) YouTube | mov | mp4 | wmv

Lectures (from College Courses, a Conference, Video 300)

"19th Century Venues and Performances" (2020, BDP #271, 12 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
"19th Century Innovations" (2020, BDP #272, 12 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
"Advice from a 'Double Reed Weekend Warrior.'” International Double Reed Society Presentation. Also see the publication,“Advice for Double Reed Weekend Warriors,” The Double Reed 43/2 (Summer 2020): 143-153.

English (2020, BDP # 282, 31 1/2 min.) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv (cc) | transcript
Pусский (2020, BDP # 282, 32 1/2 min.) YouTube | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция
Español (2020, BDP # 282, 34 1/2 min.) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | Transcripción

BDP Video 300: Reflections. (2020, BDP #300, 25 min.) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | transcript
"Digital Technology in Music." (2020, BDP #275, 11 1/2 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
"Digital Technology in Music." (2020, BDP #276, 16 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
"Electricity and Keyboard Instruments" (2020, BDP #273, 7 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
"Electro-Musical Oddities" (2020, BDP #274, 14 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
"Shall We Sing a Religious Song?" (2016, BDP #270, 8 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript

Orchestral Excerpts

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Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique (5 min., 2012, BDP #97)

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Ravel's Bolero

Ornamentation of Baroque Music

Ornamentation 1: Introduction (8 min., 2010, BDP #58)

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한국의 (Korean Language) 장식음 기법 1: 서론 (8 1/2 min., 2020, BDP # 58) YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | transcript

Pусский Орнаментика 1: Введение (13 min., 2020, BDP #58) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция

Español (9 min.,. 2020. BDP #58) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Ornamentation 2: Comments on a Few Ornaments (8 min., 2010, BDP #59)

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Орнаментика, вторая часть: обсуждение некоторых украшений (9 min., BDP #59) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция

장식음 기법 2: 장식음에 대한 몇 가지 해설 (9 min., 2020, BDP # 59) YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | transcript

Ornamentación 2: Comentarios sobre algunos ornamentos. Español (9 min.,. 2020. BDP #59) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Ornamentation 3: Considering Context (10 min., 2010, BDP #60)

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장식음 기법 3: (10 min., 2021, BDP #60) YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | transcript

Ораментика 3. (10 min., BDP #60) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция

Ornamentación 3: Español (10 min.,. 2021. BDP #60) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Ornamentation 4: Application (8 min., 2010, BDP #61)

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Ornamentation 5: Practice Example (16 min., 2010, BDP #62)

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Practice Example for Ornamentation 5 Video (pdf)

Five Responses to the Practice Example (pdf)

Solo Bassoon Music to Vivaldi's "La Notte" (pdf)

Video to Vivaldi's "La Notte" Bassoon Concerto (See videos below)

Referenced Articles with web links:

"Proportional Tempos in the Concertos of Antonio Vivaldi," The Double Reed 24/2 (2001): 113-121.

"Proportional Tempos in the Performance of Vivaldi's Oboe Concertos," The Double Reed 26/2 (2003): 55-59.

"Playing those “Missing” Notes in Baroque and Classical Concerti," The Double Reed 20/1 (1997): 85-90.

Also see Baroque Performance

Performances and Interviews

Bach, J. S. Cantata 155, Aria, Du mußt glauben (5 min., 2020, BDP #291)

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Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248-2 #15, Aria Frohe Hirten (Happy Shepherds)(5 min. BDP#297). Min Jin, Laurel and Terry Ewell.

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Bliss, Philip (music) and Horatio Spafford (lyrics). "It is Well with My Soul." (5 min., 2020, BDP #292)

YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | Music, arr. by Ewell

Ewell, Terry. Gethsemane for Solo Bassoon (6 min., 2009, BDP #44). Free music

Crosby, Fanny. Fanny Crosby Tribute. Arranged by Mark Stephenson for Flute and Bassoon (7 min., BDP #293)

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Terry Ewell, Paradise Lost for Narrator, Oboe, and Bassoon (2011, BDP #65-71)

Harvey, Paul. Towson Suite

Paul Harvey's Towson Suite I. Frenetic Finale Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon (3 min., 2010, BDP #45

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Paul Harvey's Towson Suite II. Recitation (3 min., 2010, BDP #46)

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Paul Harvey's Towson Suite III. Modulating March (3 min., 2011, BDP #47)

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Paul Harvey's Towson Suite IV. Beat Short Blues (3 min., 2011, BDP #48)

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Paul Harvey's Towson Suite V. Sardonic Scherzo (2 min., 2011, BDP #49)

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Huang, An-lun. Bassoon Concerto in C, Op. 81c (10 min., 2013, BDP #107)

First Mov. YouTube | Flash | Large mp4 | mp4 (medium)

Huang, An-lun. Bassoon Concerto in C, Op. 81c, Chamber Music Version, World Premiere Performance

Jerusalem, Ignacious, Duo a N. S. de la Concepcion Asump., Guadalupe de la que es Reyna. (3 min., 2020, BDP #290)

YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media| Music on Lulu

Laitman, Lori . I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Jonathan Leshnoff, Night Whispers. (7 min., 2013, BDP #101)

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W. A. Mozart, Concerto for Bassoon, KV. 191.

Performance of the Second Movement by Terry B. Ewell and Elaine Ross. (5 1/2 min., 2018, BDP #222)

YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | mov | Print Music (arr. Ewell)

Performance of the Third Movement by Terry B. Ewell and Elaine Ross. (5 min., 2018, BDP #224)

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Oforka, Grace. "Chima Obi'm" (God Knows My Heart). Performed by Laurel A. Ewell, flute, and Grace Oforka, voice. Music in Igbo and English languages. (7 min., 2020, BDP #295)

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Pascuzzi, Gregory. "Diaspora Duet." (3 1/2 min, 2020, BDP #296)

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Poulenc, Francis. Department of Music Concert (Portions of Sextet at the end, 11 min., BDP 103)

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de Sumaya, Manuel, "De la Bella Aurora Maria Divina." (4 1/2 min., 2020, BDP #294)

YouTube | mp4 | mov | Windows Media | Music on Lulu

Rimsky-Korsakov, "Flight of the Bumblebee" arr. Ewell (2 min., 2008, BDP #41)

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Verdi, Giuseppe. Requiem, Quid Sum Miser. (4 min., 2020, BDP #298)

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Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto "La Notte" [The Night], F VIII, no. 1; RV 501, part 1 (6 min., 2007, BDP #21)

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YouTube

Solo Bassoon Music to Vivaldi's "La Notte" (pdf)

Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto "La Notte" [The Night] part 2 (6 min., 2007, BDP #22)

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YouTube

Weissenborn, Bassoon Study #15, Op. 8, Vol. 2 (5 min., 2008, BDP #39, )

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Phrasing

Playing On the Wind (5 min., 2010, BDP #56)

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Reed Doctor

"Crowsectomy" (3 min., 2011, BDP #64)

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Pусский (3 min., 2020) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция

Español, Drama con Terry B. Ewell (3 min. 2020, BDP #64) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Continuation, Arundo Lives (1 min.)

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Pусский: Продолжение: Арундо выжил (1 min., 2020) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция

Español, Continuación: Arundo vive (1 min. 2020, BDP #64) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Continuation, Arundo Dies (2 min. )

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Pусский: Продолжение: Арундо умер (2 min., 2020) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | транскрипция

Español, Continuación: Arundo muere (2 min. 2020, BDP #64) YouTube | mp4 | mov | wmv | Transcripción

Reed Finishing

“A Pedagogy for Finishing Reeds for the German-System (Heckel-System) Bassoon,” The Double Reed 23/3 (2000): 99-108. Read this Revised Paper for the videos below.

Bassoon Reed Finishing 1: Intro., Terms, and Concepts (8 min., 2012, BDP #86; this is a remake of BDP #1, part 1)

把一个中式（大的哨片）改成美式（小的哨片）.
Changing a Chinese Style (Larger Reed) to an American Style (Smaller Reed). 巴松数码教授#175. This also demonstrates my techniques with finishing a reed blank.

(7 min. 2015) YouTube | Flash | mp4 | wmv | 抄本 transcript

Reed Making

Bassoon Reed Making 1: Gouging (8 min., 2010, BDP #50)

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Bassoon Reed Making 2: Shaping (4 min., 2010, BDP #51)

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Bassoon Reed Making 3: Profiling & Other Preparations (7 min., 2010, BDP #52)

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Bassoon Reed Making 4: Forming the Tube (6 min., 2010, BDP #53)

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Bassoon Reed Making 5: Wrapping (7 min., 2010, BDP #54)

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Reviews of Beginning Bassoon Etudes
(Five Collections of Etudes for Beginning Bassoonists, 9 min., 2008, BDP #28, )

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Solo/Concerto Literature

Comments on Performing Hindemith's Sonate

Comments on Mozart's Bassoon Concerto
Link to Mozart Videos and Materials

Comments on Performing Osborne’s Rhapsody

Comments on Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo

Starting Bassoon

The videos below are based on Terry Ewell's article: "Teaching the Beginning Bassoonist," The Double Reed 23/2 (2000): 35-43.

Who Should Play Bassoon? (6 min., 2008, BDP #24)

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YouTube

Teachers’ Introduction to Bassoon Lesson Videos (6 min., 2008, BDP #32)

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1st Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP #25-27)

Third part, 4 minutes, (dissembling bassoon, swabbing) RealPlayer | iPod or mpeg4 | Windows media video | Transcript

2nd Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP #30-31)

3rd Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP #33-34)

Second part, 10 minutes, (Articulation with studies) RealPlayer | iPod or mpeg4 | Windows media video | Transcript

4th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP #35-36)

Second part, 9 minutes, (tuning, drones) YouTube | RealPlayer | iPod or mpeg4 | Windows media video | Transcript

5th bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP #37)

Español (8 min., 2017) YouTube | Flash | mp4 | Windows Media | Transcripción

6th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)

7th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)

8th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)

9th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)

10th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)

Study Advice

Paraphrase Plagiarism (5 min., BPD #171)

Video (5 min.): Flash (searchable with closed captions) | mp4 | wmv (cc) | transcript

Computer File Management (10 min., BDP #173)

Flash (cc, searchable) | mp4 | Windows Media (cc)

"Study Smart" (6 1/2 min., BDP #174)

Flash (cc, searchable) | mp4 | Windows Media (cc)

Technology

Digital Accompaniments 2: MIDI to mp3 (8 1/2 min.)

YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | wmv (cc) | transcript
Русский (2020, 9 min.) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция
Español (2020, 9 min) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | Transcripción

Digital Accompaniments 3: Rehearsing and recording with digital accompaniments. (11 min.)

YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | wmv (cc) | transcript

Русский (2020, 11 min.) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция
Español (2020, 11 min) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | Transcripción

Teaching Skype Music Lessons (Video 1, 7 1/2 Min., BDP #277)

YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | wmv | transcript
中文 YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | 抄本 transcript
Español (2020, 8 min) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | Transcripción
Pусский (2020, 8 min) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция

More Comments on Online Music Lessons (Video 2, 8 1/2 Min., BDP #278)

player (cc, searchable) | YouTube | mp4 | wmv | transcript
Español YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | Transcripción
Pусский YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция
中文 YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | 抄本 transcript

Technology--Older, Dated Videos

Digital Bassoon Project (scales recorded with Audacity Demonstration Video (2006?)

RealPlayer | iPod or mpeg4 (mv4)

Open Educational Resources (43 min., 2015, BDP #172)

mp4

Translations (6 min., 2010, BDP #55)

Translations of Materials by Bassoon Digital Professors, Oboe Digital Professors, and 2reed.net.

Demonstration Video

YouTube | Flash (flv) | iPod or mpeg4 (mp4)

Weissenborn Fifty Advanced Studies, Op. 8, Vol. 2 Link to Weissenborn Studies

2reed.net

Ministry to Double Reed Musicians

Bassoon Digital Professor

Topical Listing (W = Weissenborn Study):