Contrabassoon: History and Technique

An authoritative guide to the technical-expressive fundamentals of the contrabassoon. With chapters on history, repertoire, exercises, and several orchestral excerpts. For the student and professional. Text is presented in English, Italian and German.

Table of Contents:

01. Preface

02. General scale of pitches and abbreviations

03. The history of the contrabassoon

04. Constructors of contrabassoons

05. Operatic and symphonic repertoire

06. Chamber music repertoire

07. Concertos for contrabassoon

08. Posture

09. Basic exercises

10. Exercises for the agility of the fingers

11. Leaps

12. Advanced exercises

13. Orchestral excerpts

14. Various indications

15. Construction of the reed

16. Reed manual

17. Fingering chart

18. Trills

Publisher:	Ricordi
Composer/Author:	Inconis, Raimondo
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Catalog Number:	ER3008
Pages:	222