A2. Cooper, L. Hugh. The Double Reed 2/4 (April 1980): 28. For pianissimo same as Cooper p. 44 with the L. H. Db key.

    Db
x x x | x x
   w

A2. Cooper, L. Hugh. The Double Reed 2/4 (April 1980): 28. Peeples, Georgia. "Playing Pianissimo: Mute Fingerings for the Bassoon." NACWPI Journal 62/2 (Winter 1993-1994): 14. For pianissimo Cooper p. 46 with the Db key.

    Db
x x x | x x o
   w       F#

A2. Cooper, L. Hugh. The Double Reed 2/4 (April 1980): 28. For pianissimo same as Cooper p. 47 except no L. H. Db key. R. H. F and little finger F# keys are an optional addition.

x x x | x x o (F)
   w     E (F#)

A2. Corey, Gerald. In Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practices and Teaching in the United States and Canada. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1974, p. 65. Farmer, Judith. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 70. For pianissimo Cooper p. 46 (no Db key).

x x x | x x o
   w       F#

A2. McKay, James. To the World's Bassoonists 7/3 (1977): 5. For pianissimo. key.

                   F#
 x  x  x  | x x o F
             E F#
Bb B C D


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