Fingerings

Stravinsky, Igor. l'Histoire du Soldat.

Ewell, Terry B. (20 August 1994). In Part 1, Scene 2, after number 5 use Cooper p. 304 without Eb key to keep B4 pianissimo and lower in pitch.

part 1 B4:        
               
x x o | x x o F   
 c     Bb

In Part 2, Ragtime one measure before rehearsal number 27 keep L. H. A speaker key engaged for both A4 and A3. At number 27 use Cooper p. 288 for the first A4. For the A4-B4-A4 thirty seconds in the 3rd eighth see below.

first A4:
    Eb               
x x x | o o o F
 a c#

Also see Ewell, Terry. "Bassoon Fingering Fixes," The Double Reed 39/3 (2016):71-72.

A4 in A4-B4-A4 turn around:   B4 in A4-B4-A4 turn around:
    Eb                Eb
x x x | x o o F   x x x | x x o F 
c a c# Bb         c a c# Bb

A4 turn around:

B4 turn around:

Stravinsky, Igor. l'Histoire du Soldat, Ragtime, after rehearsal number 27. Ewell, Terry B. (28 April 1995). From William Winstead.

For the A4-B4-A4 combination:

A4 turn around:               B4 turn around ("move eyebrows"):
x x x | o o x     x x o | o x o
  a c#              a c#

		
		  
		    
		      A4 Turn around:
	          
		      B4 Turn around (move eyebrows):
          
	          
	        
	      
	    
F#4 later:
x x x | x o o

Stravinsky, Igor. l'Histoire du Soldat, Ragtime, after rehearsal number 27. Farmer, Judith. "Bassoon Fingering Fixes," The Double Reed 39/3 (2016):72.

     initial A4           B4 to A4 Down Trill
      Eb                        Eb
 x x x | o o x Ab         x tr tr | o o x Ab
   a c# Bb                 c       Bb

Initial A4:

B4 to A4 Down Trill:

Stravinsky, Igor. l'Histoire du Soldat, Ragtime, after rehearsal number 27. Harris, Truman. The Double Reed 1/2 (October 1978): 11. First F#4 use Cooper p. 236. Both A4s in the thirty-second note quintuplet use Cooper p. 288. For the B4 in between the A4s use Cooper p. 309.

F#4:               A4:
    Eb                 Eb
o x x | x o o      x x x | o o o F
                    a c#

F#4:

A4:

B4:
    Eb
x x o | o x o F
 a c#

Stravinsky, Igor. l'Histoire du Soldat, Ragtime, after rehearsal number 26. Pence, Homer. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. BPP2, p. 78. On second F#4 use Cooper p. 228. F#4 in quintuplet use Cooper p. 229. One measure before rehearsal number 27 on F#4 Cooper p. 228. Downbeat at rehearsal number 27 for A4 use Cooper p. 278. B4 in the thirty-second note quintuplet use Cooper p. 312.

second F#4 (Cooper p. 228): Quintuplet
F#4:
      Eb                    Eb
1/4 x x | x o o          x o x | x o o  
                                       		
		  
		    
		      Second F#4:
	          
		      F#4 in Quintuplet
                
	          
	        
	      
	    

A4:                     B4:
    Eb                      Eb
x x x | o o o           x x o | x x o F
 a c#                    a c#  Bb
 
 		
		  
		    
		      A4:
	          
		      B4:

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