Beginner Bassoon Class

Primary Director / Mr. Harkness

Normal Class Time: 7th Period (2:40pm - 3:30pm)

brice.harkness@clevelandisd.org / 346.799.4990 x2234

Classroom Supplies

Black 1 inch 3 ring binder

8 Dividers

3 ring pencil pouch

2 Pencils/ 2 different color highlighters


Instrument Supplies

Mike Gathings Bassoon Kit

Bocal Majority Bassoon Kit


Reeds

MG Medium Soft Bassoon Reed

Getting Started on Bassoon

Embouchure

How to form your Basson Face

Assembly

Putting together your Bassoon

Posture

How to Hold your Bassoon

Note Naming

Bass Clef Lines and Spaces

Bass Clef Ledger Lines

Adding Sharps and Flats

Key Signatures

Rhythm and Counting

Quarters - Notes and Rest

Half and Whole - Notes and Rests

Eighths - Notes and Rests

Sixteenths - Notes and Rests