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Britten, Benjamin. Albert Herring, Introduction to Act 2. Reid, John W. The Double Reed 4/3 (December 1981): 2.
The fingerings are in order of appearance in the music. The numbers refer to the musical examples below.
1. B3-D4: Regular
2. G3-Bb3:
/ x x | x x x x x x | x o x
w?
G3:
|
Bb3: : |
3. F3-Ab3:
o o o | o o o o o o | o o o
wlock c a wlock
F3:
|
Ab3:
|
4. Eb3-Gb3:
eb-tr
x o x | o o o
w
5. D3-F3: Regular
6. Bb2-Db3:
x x tr | x x o
w Bb E
7. D4-F4:
tr tr o | o o o
Bb
8. C4-E4:
x tr tr | o o o
Bb
9. Bb3-D4:
x x tr | tr tr o
Bb
10. E4-G4. Same as E4-G4 shake in Cooper p. 205 (no Eb key):
eb-tr
x o o | o o o
11. D4-F4. See 7, prior D4-F4.
12. C4-Eb4. Same as C4-Eb4 shake in Cooper p. 162 (no Eb key):
x tr x | o o o
13. Eb4-G4. Same as Eb4-G4 shake in Cooper p. 256 (no little finger Eb key).
eb-tr
x o x | o o o
14. D4-F4. See 7.
15. C4-Eb4. See 12.
16. F2-Ab2. Same as Cooper p. 22.
x x x | x x x F
w F#-tr Ab-tr
17. F3-Ab3. See 3.
18. D4-F#4:
x x o | o o o o o o | o x o
D4:  |
F#4:  |
19. C4-F4:
x x x | o o o o o o | o o o
Bb Bb
C4:
|
F4: : |
20. Eb4-Gb4:
x x o | o x x o o o | o x o
Eb4:
|
Gb4:
|
21. Eb4-F4:
x x o | o x x x o o | o x o
Eb4:
|
F4:
|
22. D4-Gb4. See 18.
23. Bb3-Db4:
x x x | x x o x x o | x o o
Bb Bb
Bb3:
|
Db4:
|
Britten, Benjamin. Albert Herring. Tyree, Ronald. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, pp. 75-77. Contains a chart of tremolos:
C4-Eb4:
x tr x | x o o
c#
C4-F4:
x x x | o o o x o o | x x o
C4:
|
F4:
|
D4-F4:
tr tr o | o o o
Bb
D4-F#4:
tr tr o | o o x F
Bb (B C) Ab 
Eb4-Gb4:
Eb
tr tr o | o x tr
Eb4-G4:
tr tr o | x x x F
c#-tr Bb
E4-G4:
tr tr o | o o o
Bb
E#4-G#4:
Eb
x o x | x x x
c#-tr
F4-A4 (down trill):
x tr x | x x tr Ab-tr
a-tr c#-tr
C5-D5:
Eb
tr tr x | tr tr x Ab
c E-tr
C5-D5:
Eb
tr tr x | tr tr x Ab
c Bb-tr
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