By Carolyn Walter Woodwind “doubling,” or performing on multiple members of the single reed, flute or double reed family, is a fairly common practice. From an arranger’s standpoint, utilizing players who can double on multiple woodwinds vastly expands the available stylistic and timbral palette available, especially when there can only be a finite number of... Continue Reading →
10 Little-Known Bassoon “facts”
By Charles Moehnke It could be argued that all facts about the bassoon are little-known facts. That being said, most of them would also be pretty boring so I thought I'd focus on "facts" instead. The quotation marks mean we can have some fun while we learn! "Fact" #1: The bassoon is not an oboe.... Continue Reading →
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