Meyrick Alexander, Bassoon
Amplification:
Accents:
Balance:
Composers:
Dynamics:
Extremely quiet writing:
Good writing:
Instructions:
Mutes:
Versatility:
Nicholas Reader, Contrabassoon
Agility of the contra:
Appearance of a contra in Bach's 'St John Passion':
Brahms and the contrabassoon:
Doubling issues:
Downward slurs:
Duff notes on the contra:
Good writing:
High, fast material:
High register:
Ligeti and the contra:
Low fast material:
Mahler's contra writing:
'Razzing' on the contra:
Reeds:
Tonguing: