Bassoon Lessons http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/ Welcome to my podcast! This is a podcast for bassoon players. I hope it will be a resource for my own private students, and perhaps it will help those who do not have a bassoon teacher nearby or who are in need of help teaching the bassoon. For handouts related to some of these podcasts, please visit: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~efetters/bassoon.html. Welcome to my podcast! This is a podcast for bassoon players. I hope it will be a resource for my own private students, and perhaps it will help those who do not have a bassoon teacher nearby or who are in need of help teaching the bassoon. For handouts related to some of these podcasts, please visit: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~efetters/bassoon.html. en bassoon, music, music education, basoon, basson Elizabeth Fetters Elizabeth Fetters efetters@clearviewcatv.net clean Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:20:23 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MyPodcast.com RSS generator v1.0 efetters@clearviewcatv.net (Elizabeth Fetters) support@mypodcast.com (MyPodcast team) Suggestions for picking a student to begin bassoon in your band program. Suggestions for picking a student to begin bassoon in your band program. Suggestions for picking a student to begin bassoon in your band program. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/06/Selecting_a_Student_to_Start_on_Bassoon-117109.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:20:22 -0500 04:25 clean Tips and comments about selecting a college, winning a bassoon scholarship, and what to look for in Tips and comments about selecting a college, winning a bassoon scholarship, and what to look for in a school. Tips and comments about selecting a college, winning a bassoon scholarship, and what to look for in a school. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/06/Bassoon_College_Search-117107.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:12:53 -0500 05:13 clean This podcast is for the school band director, and has 10 tips for helping your bassoon student in yo This podcast is for the school band director, and has 10 tips for helping your bassoon student in your school band program. This podcast is for the school band director, and has 10 tips for helping your bassoon student in your school band program. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/06/10_Ways_to_Help_Your_Bassoon_Player-117106.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:09:44 -0500 04:15 clean Some helpful hints and tips for buying a bassoon. Some helpful hints and tips for buying a bassoon. Some helpful hints and tips for buying a bassoon. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/06/Bassoon_Buying_Guide-117077.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:48:53 -0500 06:58 clean This etude is tricky, only because of the way its written. Re-write it in 4/4 time, and it suddenly This etude is tricky, only because of the way its written. Re-write it in 4/4 time, and it suddenly becomes much easier. As it is written in the book, you should play it in 4, counting the 8th notes. This etude is tricky, only because of the way its written. Re-write it in 4/4 time, and it suddenly becomes much easier. As it is written in the book, you should play it in 4, counting the 8th notes. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_IX_Andante_sostenuto-101602.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:49:14 -0500 01:10 clean Here's the teacher's part for you to play along. There are 4 beats before you begin. Don't forget to Here's the teacher's part for you to play along. There are 4 beats before you begin. Don't forget to rest on beat 1! Here's the teacher's part for you to play along. There are 4 beats before you begin. Don't forget to rest on beat 1! Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_VI_duet_teacher_part-101598.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:41:02 -0500 01:20 clean This is another great duet in the Weissenborn Method. Watch out in the first measure: the two parts This is another great duet in the Weissenborn Method. Watch out in the first measure: the two parts together create a compound rhythm. If played correctly, there should be a note on every beat. Most often students don't hold the whole note long enough. Don't forget to count! This is another great duet in the Weissenborn Method. Watch out in the first measure: the two parts together create a compound rhythm. If played correctly, there should be a note on every beat. Most often students don't hold the whole note long enough. Don't forget to count! Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_VI_duet_student_part-101596.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:37:10 -0500 01:20 clean This is the third etude labeled Andante. This is a beautiful little etude. Remember, resist the urge This is the third etude labeled Andante. This is a beautiful little etude. Remember, resist the urge to tongue! Instead, focus on having a firm tummy and lots of air, so that the slurs and the notes just sing right through. This is the third etude labeled Andante. This is a beautiful little etude. Remember, resist the urge to tongue! Instead, focus on having a firm tummy and lots of air, so that the slurs and the notes just sing right through. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_VI_Andante-101590.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:31:04 -0500 00:35 clean Here is the teacher's part for the duet, so that you can play along. Listen to the beginning once be Here is the teacher's part for the duet, so that you can play along. Listen to the beginning once before you begin to play, so that you know when to come in. I waited four beats before playing, but it sounds like the recorder did not start exactly on the first click. Enjoy! Here is the teacher's part for the duet, so that you can play along. Listen to the beginning once before you begin to play, so that you know when to come in. I waited four beats before playing, but it sounds like the recorder did not start exactly on the first click. Enjoy! Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_V_duet_teacher_part-101587.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:24:23 -0500 01:43 clean This is one of my favorite duets in the whole Weiseenborn Method. There are some tricky rhythms, so This is one of my favorite duets in the whole Weiseenborn Method. There are some tricky rhythms, so watch and listen carefully. Also, many of my students have struggled with the two rests on beats 4 and 1 in the 4th and 5th measures. In honor of Matt, this is what I had to make him do: say "teach-er" on those two beats so he wouldn't play when I played. It became quite a joke and he would yell "TEACHER!" when he had the rests. Oh well, at least he didn't play! Once you have mastered your part, try playing along with the teacher's part. This is one of my favorite duets in the whole Weiseenborn Method. There are some tricky rhythms, so watch and listen carefully. Also, many of my students have struggled with the two rests on beats 4 and 1 in the 4th and 5th measures. In honor of Matt, this is what I had to make him do: say "teach-er" on those two beats so he wouldn't play when I played. It became quite a joke and he would yell "TEACHER!" when he had the rests. Oh well, at least he didn't play! Once you have mastered your part, try playing along with the teacher's part. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_V_duet_student_part-101584.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:16:17 -0500 01:28 clean These two etudes together are another great tonguing exercise. The two etudes have the same notes, b These two etudes together are another great tonguing exercise. The two etudes have the same notes, but different articulations. Observe the slurs carefully! Remember not to fall into the "tonguing trap" that bassoon players love to do. Both etudes are played without repeats, there is a 4 beat silence before Meno allegro. These two etudes together are another great tonguing exercise. The two etudes have the same notes, but different articulations. Observe the slurs carefully! Remember not to fall into the "tonguing trap" that bassoon players love to do. Both etudes are played without repeats, there is a 4 beat silence before Meno allegro. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_V_Allegro_moderato_and_Meno_allegro-101582.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:11:21 -0500 00:59 clean Watch articulations carefully in this Etude. Tonguing covers a multitude of sins for us, as double r Watch articulations carefully in this Etude. Tonguing covers a multitude of sins for us, as double reed players. It covered a bad reed, support that wasn't quite there, or a finger flub. Make sure you are slurring where a slur is marked! Don't let yourself fall into the temptation to tongue just because you're not 100% sure that next note is going to come out. Watch articulations carefully in this Etude. Tonguing covers a multitude of sins for us, as double reed players. It covered a bad reed, support that wasn't quite there, or a finger flub. Make sure you are slurring where a slur is marked! Don't let yourself fall into the temptation to tongue just because you're not 100% sure that next note is going to come out. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_V_Allegretto-101579.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:07:40 -0500 00:59 clean This is the second Allegretto in the lesson. This piece demonstrates what bassoon players have to do This is the second Allegretto in the lesson. This piece demonstrates what bassoon players have to do a lot: make it sound like there are two bassoons instead of one. Give more weight to the first note in every three-note grouping and back off the "F-E." Sometimes in lessons I will play this one with a students as a duet; I play the first note and the student plays the "F-E." Then, I have the student play all of it, while I continue to play the first note, giving it even more emphasis. This is the second Allegretto in the lesson. This piece demonstrates what bassoon players have to do a lot: make it sound like there are two bassoons instead of one. Give more weight to the first note in every three-note grouping and back off the "F-E." Sometimes in lessons I will play this one with a students as a duet; I play the first note and the student plays the "F-E." Then, I have the student play all of it, while I continue to play the first note, giving it even more emphasis. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_IV_Allegretto-101576.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:03:45 -0500 00:28 clean I usually teach these two etudes together. L'istesso tempo is almost exactly the opposite of Andanti I usually teach these two etudes together. L'istesso tempo is almost exactly the opposite of Andantino. It's good practice for training your fingers and your brain as you are learning the bassoon, and I would recommend practicing them together. They are both played here, with 4 beats of silence before the second one begins. I usually teach these two etudes together. L'istesso tempo is almost exactly the opposite of Andantino. It's good practice for training your fingers and your brain as you are learning the bassoon, and I would recommend practicing them together. They are both played here, with 4 beats of silence before the second one begins. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_III_Andantino_and_Listesso_tempo-101573.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:59:18 -0500 00:37 clean This is the first exercise called "Andante" in lesson III. This is the first exercise called "Andante" in lesson III. This is the first exercise called "Andante" in lesson III. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_III_Andante-101571.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:55:26 -0500 00:32 clean This is the student part of the duet in Lesson II of the Weissenborn book. This is the student part of the duet in Lesson II of the Weissenborn book. This is the student part of the duet in Lesson II of the Weissenborn book. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/04/Weissenborn_Lesson_II_Andante_Duet-101569.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:53:10 -0500 01:16 clean Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/Techniques_for_Mastering_the_HalfHole-94580.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:17:18 -0500 03:13 clean A practice technique for mastering trills. A practice technique for mastering trills. A practice technique for mastering trills. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/How_to_Play_Trills-94569.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:24:54 -0500 04:40 clean Why we practice and how to practice. Why we practice and how to practice. Why we practice and how to practice. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/Practicing-94543.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:33:30 -0500 06:00 clean This is a middle school band piece with some tricky rhythms in the bassoon part. I've recorded for o This is a middle school band piece with some tricky rhythms in the bassoon part. I've recorded for one of my students, so that he can practice. Good luck, Michael! This is a middle school band piece with some tricky rhythms in the bassoon part. I've recorded for one of my students, so that he can practice. Good luck, Michael! Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/Mallet_Maniacs_for_Michael-91024.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:33 -0500 02:11 clean Two practice techniques to speed up your single tongue. Two practice techniques to speed up your single tongue. Two practice techniques to speed up your single tongue. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/The_Secrets_of_Fast_Tonguing-89314.html Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:32:39 -0500 03:45 clean This is an introduction to me and the focus of this podcast. This is an introduction to me and the focus of this podcast. This is an introduction to me and the focus of this podcast. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/Introduction-89309.html Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:06:45 -0500 01:34 clean This is a demonstration of a practice technique for vibrato. This is a demonstration of a practice technique for vibrato. This is a demonstration of a practice technique for vibrato. Elizabeth Fetters http://bassoon.mypodcast.com/2008/03/Bassoon_Vibrato-89289.html Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:32:00 -0500 04:14 clean