Tips and Tricks

Here are some useful tips, straight from the experienced players of the Philharmonia.

Bassoon Tips

Meyrick Alexander offers tips and tricks on bassoon writing from a player's perspective. This films includes comments about accents, mutes, instructions, good bassoon writing, extremely quiet writing and more...

Contrabassoon Tips

Nicholas Reader's tips on contrabassoon writing. This film includes comments about the appearance of a contra in Bach's St John Passion, reeds, 'Razzing' on the contra, tonguing, Mahler's contrabassoon writing and more...

More Basson Tips

Here are some more useful tips for the contrabassoon, including references to Ravel, Brahms, Strauss and more...