Nah high notes are so fun, like how you never know if you’ve discovered a new one or not. Most I can say it’s hard to find # and b (My personal range is low Bb to C 2 above the staff) if anyone knows more fingerings please share the knowledge and a high fingering chart
I’m a bassoonist who is playing the bassoon for concert seriously and out of the three bassoons we have no one wants to play first, and seeing this video makes me want to play first part sleigh ride even more. 😭😭
I'm a flutist for 30+ years looking to give Bassoon a whirl. Excited to vibe it a try. I played it briefly in 5th grade but my GMA couldn't stand it and my cousin said it sounded like farts lol
As a bassoonist, I had to sight read this song and 1st part since our orchestra had one rehearsal and I had covid all the way up to the concert so I didn’t even try to play those high notes😭
I just switched to bassoon from clarinet im so excited to be on bassoon I’m the only bassoon player in my class I’m sure going to miss being one of the spotlight on clarinet but bassoon is so pretty it makes up for it! You sounds AMAZING!!
i hope i never need to play this peice, i play euph and we dont have a bassoon so i have to play bassoon parts alot, and this sound pretty difficult. great job!
Contrafagot or contrabassoon would sound SO good on this song. There needs to be a rare low instrument Sleigh Ride, with Bari, Bass, and Subcontrabass saxophones, contrabassoons, contrabass clarinets, etc.
I WANNA PLAY SLEIGH RIDE ON BSN NOW SO BADLY BUT WE'RE STUCK WITH THE SAME ARRANGEMENT OF JINGLE BELLS AND A DIFFERENT SOUSA MARCH EVERY YEAR(plus we had our second band play sleigh ride last year... so i doubt i'll be able to)
Hey i play the bassoon in high school symphonic band and i also have to balance playing the bass clarinet as well. Any tips to continue practicing and managing discipline to get good on bassoon because im already set on the bass clarinet?
Just slow practice! The fingerings on the bassoon are so unique since it uses all 10 fingers, so just making sure each finger moves in unison is the best way to improve! Practice scales and thirds, which are definitely the best way to work on fingers :)
I’m a bit late but I’ll try and answer anyway, basically for flute, bassoon, and even oboe you vibrato with your abdominal muscles. I’m really simple terms, you just flex and unflex them really quickly LOL. I know some people do vibrato with their throats and like shake them instead of using their abdominal muscles, but it’s a lot less efficient and kinda has a hard limit on how much you can control your vibrato, but if you use your abdominal muscles to create vibrato you have much more control on how aggressive or light you want your vibrato to be.
I didnt see this LOL but I'll try. Idk much about brass, but what we do is just as enrique said, use your ab muscles to change the speed of your airflow. I practice by just doing a simple in for 2 out for 6 breathing exercise and just try to change the airflow in a controlled manner when you are breathing out, start slow and speed up :)
They do hurt a lot when I play this piece to be honest, but you get used to it or find ways to alleviate the pain. For example, I some times will leak a little bit of air out through the sides of my mouth in a loud section of the piece so people can't hear it. It releases the tension in your embrochure!
Mouth on the tip of the reed. Also reed is important, some reeds are better at high notes, and some at low notes, it is all dependent on the lightness of the reed :)
@@duolingo5267 it doesn't really work the same on Bassoon, some people pull out their bocal to tune but you're really not supposed to do it. The bell doesn't really change the tuning that far down the Bassoon.
Yeah its only not on all the way because the strings were a little too tight and I didn't want to mess with it since it was the schools instrument and not mine :)
That's true for about 153% of all concert band bassoon parts! Even more true for combinations of tenor sax, bass clarinet, third clarinet, third horn, and second trombone parts. I once did a touring concert season - 18 performances. There were two of us on bassoon. We worked out that if we weren't there, we'd be missed for a grand total of 18 seconds, of which 14 seconds was a part the arranger really wanted on alto flute. So we then worked out that our pay rate was something like $25,000 per hour. Too bad we only worked for those 18 seconds. (On the final performance, we played the 14 second alto flute thing on kazoo. The arranger wasn't happy, but the conductor laughed, so we got away with it.)
Embouchure and fuller air! I cannot stress how much air is needed to play the bassoon with a great sound! I would consider trying to play your warm ups at home forte or louder in order to get that full tone!
great tone, but i feel like that 'vibrato' shouldn't have place in orchestra playing - it's just not for this purpose :) it shouldn't be masking the lack of air support - but keep going, playing on an instrument is a long journey :D
the only bassoonist in the world that actually sounds like they're having fun on the instrument
I love the bassoon actually, especially in orchestral settings, so much fun music :)
i love bassoon tho! its so fun to play
A lot of them have fun it's just they're 99.9999% serious
In my opinion you should try a instrument that you really like, for me I chose bassoon because of how high and low the octaves can get
@@Em3raldxx same thing for me chose bass clarinet as it was something different but found that it was something that I truly enjoy
as a bassoonist myself, i'm so happy i see someone playing 1st bassoon for sleigh ride! good job bro, those high notes are such a pain
Ikr
Nah high notes are so fun, like how you never know if you’ve discovered a new one or not. Most I can say it’s hard to find # and b
(My personal range is low Bb to C 2 above the staff) if anyone knows more fingerings please share the knowledge and a high fingering chart
I’m a bassoonist who is playing the bassoon for concert seriously and out of the three bassoons we have no one wants to play first, and seeing this video makes me want to play first part sleigh ride even more. 😭😭
Your bassoon got in the way
i know... i kinda had to do this in secret shhhhh...
@@tryhardisabot gotta love filming in secret from the music stand
Omg genius idea the GREEN BASSOON
As an oboist, You made me want to play bassoon and before it was a slight need but NOW I NEED IT!!!😭😭😭
we’re literally the same person 💀
Very impressive playing, and your tone is beautiful. Congrats and thank you for sharing your great playing.
Thank you very much!
i’m an oboist and even i can’t do that- bassoon is just- amazing. i literally loveee bassoon it sounds so cool
You got some big balls to play this at a concert
Your vibrato is crazy good. At least to me ! Sounded amazing
I'm a flutist for 30+ years looking to give Bassoon a whirl. Excited to vibe it a try. I played it briefly in 5th grade but my GMA couldn't stand it and my cousin said it sounded like farts lol
You sound soooo good on bassoon. I play flute and we played sleigh ride last year for our winter concert and it was so much fun.
the bass clarinet sounds so good here
I wonder who that is🤔
Ive moved up to 1st bassoon in my concert band, and we do sleigh ride every year. So i get to play this an im excited and terrified!
i never actually get to hear the bassoon but it sounds so nice gj
I am a bassoonist myself, in the high school and your tone is just amazing!!
As a bassoonist, I had to sight read this song and 1st part since our orchestra had one rehearsal and I had covid all the way up to the concert so I didn’t even try to play those high notes😭
You're a huge inspiration, I'm a junior learning bassoon right now. I hope one day I'll be as good as you, your tone is amazing!
Thank you
Great tone, and character too
Weird instrument that gets the coolest parts
Low woodwinds are the best. No arguing.
facts!
Great sound. Gotta love a bassoon.
I just switched to bassoon from clarinet im so excited to be on bassoon I’m the only bassoon player in my class I’m sure going to miss being one of the spotlight on clarinet but bassoon is so pretty it makes up for it! You sounds AMAZING!!
Hi Molly
@@uselessdinosaur5657 who?
OMG SAAAMEEEE AAHHHH
Trumpet player here. Just want to say that we appreciate you.
The first clarinet part 🤩
just revisiting this almost a year later and i wanna say u sound great on bassoon!! it’s a really pretty sound, i hope i can achieve that one day :’)
Thank you!
All these 'sleigh ride from the perspective' should come together and perform sleigh ride
Wonderful, thanks!
whos that bassoon next to you his down beats are amazing
Great job! 🎄
Thanks! I saw your video first, inspiring me to put mine!
Question, do you play a band basson for fun? or for the future like pursuing music? or saying you have a basson talent, because you sound amazing!
why isnt ur bell joint pushed all the way in 😡
other than that u have wonderful tone and im glad to see someone else genuinely has fun playing 😇
it doesn't affect pitch much and the strings were too tight, so I just left it as is :)
lookin nice mannneeeeee!
This actually sounds really good
Thanks!
Hahahaha- bassoon players are cool people - PERIOD!!!!! Along with horn players!
Facts ✌️
bassoon is a wonderful instrument.....and the hardest to learn (fingerings)
Nah
i thought french horn was hardest
Dang this so goood
i hope i never need to play this peice, i play euph and we dont have a bassoon so i have to play bassoon parts alot, and this sound pretty difficult. great job!
Contrafagot or contrabassoon would sound SO good on this song. There needs to be a rare low instrument Sleigh Ride, with Bari, Bass, and Subcontrabass saxophones, contrabassoons, contrabass clarinets, etc.
Its almost the time of year for me to do this
I WANNA PLAY SLEIGH RIDE ON BSN NOW SO BADLY BUT WE'RE STUCK WITH THE SAME ARRANGEMENT OF JINGLE BELLS AND A DIFFERENT SOUSA MARCH EVERY YEAR(plus we had our second band play sleigh ride last year... so i doubt i'll be able to)
aww its such a fun piece :( hopefully one day
everyone here plays bassoon/oboe and i play the viola 😭 leroy anderson is fun we play it every year
FAGOTT IST SO SEHR COOL!!!!!!
Sehr gut instrument
Hey i play the bassoon in high school symphonic band and i also have to balance playing the bass clarinet as well. Any tips to continue practicing and managing discipline to get good on bassoon because im already set on the bass clarinet?
Just slow practice! The fingerings on the bassoon are so unique since it uses all 10 fingers, so just making sure each finger moves in unison is the best way to improve! Practice scales and thirds, which are definitely the best way to work on fingers :)
You mean from the perspective of the music stand?
Tell Megan I said hi.
can you tell me how you vibrato? I'm on a trumpet but it's always nice to learn how vibrato is done on other instruments
I’m a bit late but I’ll try and answer anyway, basically for flute, bassoon, and even oboe you vibrato with your abdominal muscles. I’m really simple terms, you just flex and unflex them really quickly LOL. I know some people do vibrato with their throats and like shake them instead of using their abdominal muscles, but it’s a lot less efficient and kinda has a hard limit on how much you can control your vibrato, but if you use your abdominal muscles to create vibrato you have much more control on how aggressive or light you want your vibrato to be.
For brass instruments, it’s easier to do it by slightly moving your bottom lip up and down
I didnt see this LOL but I'll try. Idk much about brass, but what we do is just as enrique said, use your ab muscles to change the speed of your airflow. I practice by just doing a simple in for 2 out for 6 breathing exercise and just try to change the airflow in a controlled manner when you are breathing out, start slow and speed up :)
How do you play so well without your jaw or your lips hurting, is it your embouchure?!
They do hurt a lot when I play this piece to be honest, but you get used to it or find ways to alleviate the pain. For example, I some times will leak a little bit of air out through the sides of my mouth in a loud section of the piece so people can't hear it. It releases the tension in your embrochure!
let's goooo
I switched from clarinet to bass clarinet I'm in seventh grade and I know a lot of sleigh ride
I wouldn't know the perspective because I can't see what you see
This is just the cello part in the string only arrangement
probably is, we play the same part in orchestra most of the time anyways
As a bassoon player myself do you have any tips for hitting low notes
Mouth on the tip of the reed. Also reed is important, some reeds are better at high notes, and some at low notes, it is all dependent on the lightness of the reed :)
Wow, you played awesome and also why is nobody talking about how this guys bell isn’t fully put on
Probably to help with tuning. I play flute and we pull out the head joint slightly to help with sharpness 👍
@@duolingo5267imma start doing that
@@duolingo5267 it doesn't really work the same on Bassoon, some people pull out their bocal to tune but you're really not supposed to do it. The bell doesn't really change the tuning that far down the Bassoon.
Yeah its only not on all the way because the strings were a little too tight and I didn't want to mess with it since it was the schools instrument and not mine :)
@@tryhardisabot ohhhhh that makes sense
Sounds like the baritone part
That's true for about 153% of all concert band bassoon parts! Even more true for combinations of tenor sax, bass clarinet, third clarinet, third horn, and second trombone parts.
I once did a touring concert season - 18 performances. There were two of us on bassoon. We worked out that if we weren't there, we'd be missed for a grand total of 18 seconds, of which 14 seconds was a part the arranger really wanted on alto flute. So we then worked out that our pay rate was something like $25,000 per hour. Too bad we only worked for those 18 seconds. (On the final performance, we played the 14 second alto flute thing on kazoo. The arranger wasn't happy, but the conductor laughed, so we got away with it.)
Do you have any tips on improving tone?
Embouchure and fuller air! I cannot stress how much air is needed to play the bassoon with a great sound! I would consider trying to play your warm ups at home forte or louder in order to get that full tone!
Where did you get your bassoon from?
its borrowed from my school
@@tryhardisabot do you know what brand it is?
@@krysztof6917 it’s most likely a fox renard, that’s what most schools have and it’s probably the best student model
Bro his bell joint isn’t even on all the way
it doesnt have to be and im too lazy to take the string off
What bassoon do you play?
i dont play the bassoon sorry
fox renard dont know the exant model
@tryhardisabot1822 wait is it short reach or not?
woahhh what school is this? they sound good
idk man lmk
@@tryhardisabot i bet their 2nd band 1st chair flute is hot af
@@SinthumStudios tf💀
@@braydenh97 ikr 2nd band is usually freshman and sophomores
@@SinthumStudios hell nah
What.... not the high f actually coming out properly. How...?
embouchure pointing up! Bassoons can reach an octave higher than that :)
I think there’s a bassoon in the way maybe
omg are you the bassoon section leader??!
maybe 😉
The band I have is so bland without bassoon but we manage lol
You sound good on the bassoon. But.. why do bassoons sound so bad?
bassoons sound pretty in the right hands! This was a few years ago and I sound so much better now!
great tone, but i feel like that 'vibrato' shouldn't have place in orchestra playing - it's just not for this purpose :) it shouldn't be masking the lack of air support - but keep going, playing on an instrument is a long journey :D
You sound soooo good on bassoon. I play flute and we played sleigh ride last year for our winter concert and it was so much fun.
You sound soooo good on bassoon. I play flute and we played sleigh ride last year for our winter concert and it was so much fun.