A4. Standard. Allard, Maurice. Le Basson: Methode de basson (Paris: Gèrard Billaudot, 1975), p. 12.

x x o | o o x
   a

A4. Allard, Maurice. Le Basson: Methode de basson (Paris: Gèrard Billaudot, 1975), p. 24. For fast passages.

x x o | o o o
   a

A4. Allard, Maurice. In Corey, Gerald. "How to Make the French Bassoon `Work.'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 1 (May 1973): 39. For pianissimo.

/ x x | o o x
   a

A4. Allard, Maurice. Le Basson: Methode de basson (Paris: Gèrard Billaudot, 1975), p. 26. For slurs from below (A3-A4, C3-C4, etc.).

    C#
/ x x | o o x
   a

A4. Corey, Gerald. "How to Make the French Bassoon `Work.'" The Journal of the International Double Reed Society 1 (May 1973): 39.

"Usual":

    C#
x x o | o o x
   a

"Very Stable":

x x o | o o x
   a       F#

"Long slurs (Liaison)":

    C#
/ x x | o o x
   a

A4. James, Cecil. Unpublished chart.

x o x | o o x
   a

A4. Klimko Ronald. In Apfelstadt, Marc and Klimko, Ronald. Bassoon Performance Practice, Teaching Materials, Techniques and Methods. Idaho: University of Idaho, 1993, p. 59.

    C#
x x x | o o x
   a       F#


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