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Stravinsky, Igor. Octet

Barris, Robert (25 May 1995). Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill.

Ab4:                Ab4-Bb4 (down trill):
x x x | o o o F     x x x | o o G-tr F-tr
 a c#  Bb            a c#  Bb

Ab4:

Ab4-Bb4 down trill:


Cooper, L. Hugh. opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill. The Double Reed 1/2 (October 1978): 13.

Ab4-Bb4:
    Eb
x x tr | o x o F
 a c#   Bb


Stravinsky, Igor. Octet Corey, Gerald (25 May 1995). Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill.

Ab4-Bb4, trill all together:

           c#-tr
4/5  x  x | o x x
d-tr c-tr


Corey, Gerald (Feb. 1999). Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill.

For Bb4 add all trill keys together:

           c#-tr
4/5  x  x | o x x
c-tr a-tr  Bb-tr


Grossman, Arthur (25 May 1995). Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill.

Ab4-Bb4 (downtrill):
x x x | o x o F
  a c# Bb-tr


Harris, Truman. Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill.

     Eb        F#
x x tr | tr tr x 
  a c#  Bb


Lacy, Ed (25 May 1995). Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill.

Ab4                   Ab4-Bb4 (down trill): 

/ x x | o x x         x x x | o tr x
   w   Bb                    Bb

Ab4:

Ab4-Bb4 down trill:


Rechtman, Mordechai. Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill, first bassoon. To the World's Bassoonists 5/1 (1975): 5. L. H.: thumb C# and A; cover E, D, and C holes; Eb key. R. H.: thumb Bb; cover A hole; F key. Trill R. H. thumb Bb key.

Ab4-Bb4:
    Eb
x x x | o x o F
 a c#  Bb-tr


Schoenbach, Sol. Opening, Ab4-Bb4 trill. To the World's Bassoonists 5/1 (1975): 5. Trill R. H. G and F keys together.

Ab4-Bb4:

x x x | x x tr F-tr
 a c#  Bb


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