Slow Movement-Slow movement arranged for six bassoons. First player has all the tricky stuff while the other players just enjoy themselves!Grade: 4 - 6

12 Popular Works-12 popular works for Bassoon with Piano accompaniment featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Includes pull-out part and performance notes by Amy Harman.

New Edition-Firmly rooted in Paul Harris's Simultaneous Learning approach this new edition of Improve your sight-reading! Bassoon Grades 1-5 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading. Step by step you will build up a complete picture of each piece firstly through rhythmic melodic and technical exercises then by studying prepared pieces and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition of the best-selling Improve your sight-reading! contains completely new material throughout and has been brought up to date to match the latest ABRSM sight-reading criteria.

Grade 4-This collection of pieces was written for the Trinity Guildhall Examination Board syllabus. It is aimed principally at students of grades 1 to 5 and intended to combine technical challenges with that most vital musical ingredient: fun.In 'March of the Day' (Songs and Chants of the Beautiful Game) soccer fans might identify hints at six (or more) football themes. The piece has three main ideas each in the contrasting keys of Bb Eb and F majors. Can you find a different character for each one? The danger for bassoonists in this sort of piece is that everything can sound accented so be careful to follow the articulation marks as closely as you can.RondolettinettoThisis all about building phrases through repetition. It relies largely therefore on control of the sound. Try to achieve a really obvious contrast of character between the opening phrases and the less refined con spirito episode. This might be played just a touch faster than the opening and closing sections if you wish. There is a hint of gentle parody in this piece if you can find a way of expressing that too.Sand-dance KidThis piece stretches the compass and range of expression even further. There are very obvious contrasts of staccato and legato and the phrase lengths of the middle section are far from regular. Try to scale down the dynamics at the end so that you end as softly as you can play.

for 5 Bassoons and Contrabassoon. Par CHESNOKOV PAVEL / JOHNSTON MATT (Arr.). Salvation is Created by Pavel Chesnokov, arranged for Bassoon Choir by Matt Johnston. Instrumentation: 5 Bassoons, Contrabassoon (or String Bass). / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Bassons

The Washington Post is a patriotic march. It was composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Since then it has remained as one of his most popular marches throughout the United States and many countries abroad.Arranged here for wind sextet by Mark Goddard. 2 Bb clarinets 2 bassoons 2 horns.Grade: 5

Bassoon trios selected and arranged from the Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic and Modern eras by Graham Sheen (principal bassoon B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra). Seven substantial new pieces comprising score parts and detailed notes which teachers will find provide a wide range of technical and musical challenges while bon viveurs will enjoy an amusing and not too taxing prelude to the easing of the corks. Above all great fun! '... Splendid stuff Spartan!' - Double Reed News.Grade: 5 - 8

Grade 3-This collection of pieces was written for the Trinity Guildhall Examination Board syllabus. It is aimed principally at students of grades 1 to 5 and intended to combine technical challenges with that most vital musical ingredient: fun.Four pieces for bassoon and piano by Graham Sheen.Drunken Sailor - the sequelThis needs a plaintive tone especially in the upper register where the dynamics are particularly important. To capture the mood of the piece those slurs in bars 35 and 36 for example might even be close to a glissando. Use your imagination to recreate the sailor's state of health!The Vulgar BoatmanNot only more 'hidden' melodies but moreappalling puns! (Volga Boatman for those not versed in Russian folksongs). This is like a waltz: it is written in 3/4 time but played so as to give the impression of one beat in bar. The melodies need to be well sustained so that we hear four eight or even more bars as a single phrase. Clues for the musical detective:- in addition to the Volga Boatman you might spot just a hint of 'Sailing down the River on a Sunday Afternoon' 'We Sail the Ocean Blue' (H.M.S. Pinafore) The Eton Boat Song and even Wagner's Flying Dutchman.Last Tango in HarrisEveryone must surely know these thinly disguised Scottish tunes but can you make them sound like a tango? Bear in mind that tangos are not jazz: the rhythm is quite strict but the tango character is in the tone and the phrasing. Notice how expressive the occasional shorter note value can be as in bars 4 and 5 in the bassoon part.Rheumanian StretchesOr was that Rumanian Sketches? This is a chance to play the main melody in two registers of the bassoon. Try to make a good even sound in both octaves. This piece requires careful counting since the phrases in the bassoon part don't always begin where you might expect. Think of this piece as a song.

Mr Sheen's Miscellany For Bassoon was written for the Trinity Guildhall Examination Board syllabus. It is aimed principally at students of grades 1 to 5 and intended to combine technical challenges with that most vital musical ingredient: fun.Mr Sheen's Miscellany For Bassoon - Grade 1 contains three pieces for bassoon and piano by Graham Sheen.Polka-dots.There are three contrasting types of expression for the bassoonist here. The opening phrase is staccato which is followed (at bar 11) by a sustained counter melody. Finally (at bar 19) both these effects are combined in a second melody which needs very clear dynamicplaying.Monkey Puzzle.Sustaining the sound while re-articulating the notes is important in this piece. In other words the opening should be played almost slurred. Be aware of the changing harmonies underneath the held notes in the bassoon part.Serious Song.Long but separate notes contrast with real legato. The main theme is marked tenuto so full value for each note especially ending notes. Even the quavers aren't very short at this speed. Try to make the richest sound you can like for example a fine Russian baritone.

5 pieces for bassoon and piano to introduce the tenor clef and incorporate easy piano parts. They are intended to follow Four Easy Pieces and also to introduce some further aspects of bassoon playing up to about Grade V.

Three Diversions for bassoon and piano originally conceived as a Bassoon Sonata. The movements are entitled: 'Spring into Action' 'A Winter's Tale' and 'Hi Summer!'. An enjoyable recital piece lasting 8 minutes.Grade: 5 - 7

Grades 5-6-A collection of pieces specifically commissioned by the Associated Board to provide useful core material for its bassoon syllabus appealing variety of rhythms styles and moods and the progressive introduction of new technical accomplishments will provide invaluable repertoire-building material for teachers

The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition III/1/5. Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. “Incarnation” (1956), Bohuslav Martinu’s fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. It was composed for Martinu’s friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograph until 1970, when the composition was first put into print. The next work, “Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra”, known under the name “Fantasia Concertante”, was to be Martinu’s very last concert work. The concerto in three movements, composed at the request of Swiss pianist Margrit Weber, is quite different from the previous work in terms of its compositional means. In this case, Martinu strongly influenced the edition of the work. The present volume of the Complete Edition of works by Bohuslav Martinu is based mainly on contemporary copies containing the composer’s own modifications. The edition presents numerous new findings about the genesis of both works./ Recueil / Orchestre

A characterful concert piece for Bassoon and Piano with exciting rhythms and a beautiful tumbling melody. Duration: 5 mins.Grade: 7-8