Bb4. Biggers, Cornelia Anderson. The Contra-Bassoon: A Guide to Performance (Bryn Mawr, Penn.: Elkan-Vogel, inc. 1977), p. 48.

x x x | x x x F
 c c#

Bb4. Ewell, Terry B. (05 October 1996). Source unknown.

o x x | x x o F

x x x | x x o F

Bb4. Froese, Esther. The Double Reed 1/3 (December 1978): 33.

x x eb o | o o o
 c c#

For slur from written C4 to Bb4:

x x x | x x o Ab
 c c#  Bb

Bb4. Glassburner, Robert R. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 81.

x x o | x x o F
 c

Bb4. Seltmann, Werner and Angerhöfer, Günter. Fagott-Schule in sechs Bänder, vol. 6 (Mainz: Schott), p.136-137. Permission granted for inclusion in this WWW index by Deutcher Verlag für Musik.

x x eb o | o o o
d   c#

x x eb o | x x o
d   c#    Bb

              Bb
x x eb o | x x o 
d   c#   

x x eb o | o o o
d

x x o | x x o(Ab)
d      Bb

           Bb   
x x o | x x o 
d

o x o | x x o
d


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