Fingerings

Tchaikovsky, Peter. Nutcracker.

In this page, items appear in order of occurance in the music.

Corey, Gerald. Act 1, No. 6 at letter B. For pianissimo.

      E3:
o x o | o o o Ab 
   w   Bb

		      
     F3:
o o o | o o o F
   w      E

Gerald E. Corey. (07 December, 1997). first bassoon.

Act 1, No.1 Poco piu sostenuto after Numbers 12 and 13:

Once trill is started, cover r.h. first finger for best sonority and tuning)

C#4-D4:

              F#
o x x | o x o F

              F#
x x o | o x o F

               F#
x x tr | o x o F

Ewell, Terry (2018 Sep. 16).

Act 1, No.1 Poco piu sostenuto after Number 13:

C#4-D4:

   Start C#4 with Full Fingering:
x x x | x x x F
   c#  Bb

  D4:            
x x o | x x x F
   c#   Bb

 C#4-D4 downtrill
x x tr | x x x F
        Bb

Ewell, Terry B. First Act, Scene I, Allegro Vivace (p. 3). For E4 throughout the triplet passages (8 before letter E to the end, or after No. 16) use Cooper p. 205, and for A4 use Cooper p. 278.

    E4:                
    Eb             
x o o | o o o

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

Ewell, Terry B. Measures 9-12 after letter F (or before No. 17) use the following:

E4:           
    Eb            
x o o | o o o F

G#4:     	
      Eb
 / x x | o o o F

Corey, Gerald. Act 1, No. 6, seven measures after letter F, in other editions 3 after 70.

C#3:

 
       c#
x x x | o o o
  w    Bb

D3:

       c#
x x o | o o o
  w    Bb

B#2:

 x x x | o o o
    w

Next two beats, E3, F#3 ,D#3, E3 pattern, all standard except D#3:

D#3:

    Eb
x o x | o o o
   w

Corey, Gerald. Second Act. A4-B4 with G4 termination. To the World's Bassoonists 4/2 (1974[75]): 4.

A4-B4 trill:
    Eb
x x tr | x x tr Ab
  a c#  Bb

G4 termination of above trill:

    Eb
/ x x | o o o Ab
  (w)

Ewell, Terry (updated 2018 Sep. 16). No. 11, Scene, Andante con moto. Six bars before A use D4-E4 trill fingering. Four measures before A use E4-F#4 trill fingering. Two bars before A use the following A4-B4 trill fingering.

D4-E4:
     Eb
x tr o | o o o

E4-F#4:
    Eb
x o x | x tr tr

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

Hodgkin, Klif? No. 11, Andante con moto, two measures before A (or 4 after 8) for the A4-B4 trill:

     Eb
x tr tr | o o x Ab
  a c#   Bb

Ewell, Terry. No. 12b, Danse Arabe, last note, B4 ppppp, no R. H. Eb key:

x x o | x x o F
c

Also, consider Stephen Maxim's solution pianissimo B4:

 x x o | o o o F    or    x x o | o o o Ab
d c                      d c

B4:	Alternative B4:

Ewell, Terry (revised 2018 Sept. 16). No. 12f, La märe Gigogne et les polichinells, 3 and 4 measures after rehearsal letter A (rehearsal number 43) and following. For a quick F#4-G#4-F#4 in the red rectangles use:

F#4:               
    Eb              
/ x x | x x o F

G#4:
     Eb
 / x x | o o o F

For a quick E4-F#4-E4 in the blue rectangles use:

E4:           
    Eb            
x o x | x x x

  F#4:		      	
    Eb		      	
x o x | x o o

Also possible is the single finger E4 for D4-E4 turns in the green rectangles.

E4:
x o o | o o o

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