Jolivet, Andre‚ Bassoon Concerto, first mov., introduction. Carter, Gene. (22 October, 1997). Intonation is slightly flat, but good for staccato, sluring, or starting a phrase.

o x x | o x o 
  c#        F#


Jolivet, Andre‚ Bassoon Concerto, first mov., end of the B section. Wangler, Steven. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald.Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 74. For chromatic sequence from D5-F5.

D5:                  Eb5:
     Eb                eb Eb
 o o x | o o x Ab     o o o | x x x Ab
d        Bb          d       Bb

E5:                  F5:
e eb Eb              e eb Eb
 o o o | x x x Ab      o x o | x x x Ab
d       Bb           d       Bb



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