Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Advanced Bassoon Etudes Sheet Music Companion Book
  2. 2

    • Lesson 1: Introduction

    • Lesson 2: Section A - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 3: Section A - Flicking

    • Lesson 4: Section A - Slurs

    • Lesson 5: Section A - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 6: Section B - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 7: Section B - Slurs Continued

    • Lesson 8: Section B - Phrasing

    • Lesson 9: Section B - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 10: Section C - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 11: Section C - Echo

    • Lesson 12: Section C - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson13: Section D - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 14: Section D - Tenor Clef

    • Lesson 15: Section D - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 16: Section E - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 17: Section E - Echo Continued

    • Lesson 18: Section E - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 19: Section F - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 20: Section F - Working Out the Kinks

    • Lesson 21: Section F - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 22: Section G - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 23: Section G - Phrasing Continued

    • Lesson 24: Section G - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 25: Vibrato

    • Lesson 26: Performance
  3. 3

    • Lesson 27: Introduction

    • Lesson 28: Articulation Exercises

    • Lesson 29: Section A - Performance Run Through

    • Lesson 30: Section A - Playing a Melody

    • Lesson 31: Section A - Tonguing Exercises

    • Lesson 32: Section A - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 33: Section A - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 34: Section B - Performance Run Through

    • Lesson 35: Section B - Practice Techniques

    • Lesson 36: Section B - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 37: Section B - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 38: Section C - Performance Run Through

    • Lesson 39: Section C - Notes

    • Lesson 40: Section C - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 41: Section C - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 42: Section D - Performance Run Through

    • Lesson 43: Section D - Breathing

    • Lesson 44: Section D - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 45: Performance at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 46: Performance
  4. 4

    • Lesson 47: Introduction

    • Lesson 48: Section A - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 49: Section A - Rhythm

    • Lesson 50: Section A - Tenor Clef

    • Lesson 51: Section A - C# Melodic Minor Scale

    • Lesson 52: Section A - Key Signature

    • Lesson 53: Section A - Slow Practice

    • Lesson 54: Section A - Cleanliness

    • Lesson 55: Section A - Practicing Cleanliness

    • Lesson 56: Section A - When it Gets Faster

    • Lesson 57: Section A - Coordination Issues

    • Lesson 58: Section A - Musicality

    • Lesson 59: Section A - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 60: Section B - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 61: Section B - New Key Signature

    • Lesson 62: Section B - Tenor Clef

    • Lesson 63: Section B - Style

    • Lesson 64: Section B - Metronome

    • Lesson 65: Section B - Hemiola

    • Lesson 66: Section B - Musicality

    • Lesson 67: Section B - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 68: Performance at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 69: Performance
  5. 5

    • Lesson 70: Introduction

    • Lesson 71: Section A - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 72: Section A - Tenor Clef

    • Lesson 73: Section A - Fingers

    • Lesson 74: Section A - Slow Practice

    • Lesson 75: Section A - Big Intervals

    • Lesson 76: Section A - Practice Rhythms

    • Lesson 77: Section A - Practice Rhythms Continued

    • Lesson 78: Section A - F Trill

    • Lesson 79: Section A - Phrasing

    • Lesson 80: Section A - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 81: Section B - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 82: Section B - Ties

    • Lesson 83: Section B - Vibrato

    • Lesson 84: Section B - Troubleshooting

    • Lesson 85: Section B - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 86: Cadenza

    • Lesson 87: Section C - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 88: Section C - Big Intervals

    • Lesson 89: Section C - F# Sharp Trill

    • Lesson 90: Section C - Run Through at Practice Tempo

    • Lesson 91: Performance
  6. 6

    • Lesson 92: Introduction

    • Lesson 93: Practice Techniques

    • Lesson 94: Control

    • Lesson 95: Control Exercises

    • Lesson 96: Vibrato

    • Lesson 97: Section A - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 98: Section A - Rhythm

    • Lesson 99: Section A - F# to A# slur

    • Lesson 100: Section A - Tuning

    • Lesson 101: Section B - Run Through at Medium Tempo

    • Lesson 102: Section B - Trill

    • Lesson 103: Section B - High Notes B and C

    • Lesson 104: Section B - Air and slurring

    • Lesson 105: Section B - Playing with the Metronome

    • Lesson 106: Performance

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Instructor

DALLAS WIND SYMPHONY

Leslie Massenburg

Leslie Massenburg began her musical studies with piano at the age of 5. She started playing the bassoon in 1995 and continued to Baylor University for her undergraduate degree in bassoon performance and piano pedagogy. She furthered her bassoon studies with a masters degree from Southern Methodist University and three years at the Aspen Summer Music Festival.