Rite of spring Bassoon solo on Contraforte

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9 жыл бұрын

Opening bassoon solo in The Rite of Spring played on Contraforte. This includes a high D which needed an especially thick reed to play.
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@MrSuperpancho9 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, that could never happen on a contrabassoon

@barrydwyer 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. It's even got more of the desperate straining sound that Stravinsky wanted, and that modern bassoon technique has done away with.

@MattMinecraft4 9 жыл бұрын

If only I were fifty grand richer . . . I'm renting the bassoon that I have now. Can't even hit High D. Then I see this, and I'm like Shit . . .

@ARCtheCartoonMaster Жыл бұрын

NGL, I was totally expecting this to be down the octave.

@dbadagna 5 ай бұрын

How is he playing it in the original octave if Stravinsky's solo is at the top of the bassoon's range but the contraforte is an octave lower than the bassoon?

@RiceWitch-dingus-400 4 ай бұрын

@@dbadagna Contraforte is a more modern contrabassoon I suppose. Contraforte has a much wider range than the contrabassoon as it was built for. It has 2 octave keys on the bocal alone so it makes sense it can go so high.

@debug8377 Ай бұрын

imagine how more baffled saint-saens will be when he looked down the pit and sees it's a contrabassoon-like instrument playing that high of a note. during a show of the rite he said "well if that's a bassoon, then i'm a baboon!" i guess he's a contrababoon now

@lawrence18uk 5 ай бұрын

Extraordinary ❤

@lawrence18uk 5 ай бұрын

Are you breathing helium here?

@jbarber7127 4 ай бұрын

Lol that's not how it works

@danielhonorioferreiraccb235 11 ай бұрын

Olá sou Daniel que do Brasil e queria saber a afinação do contraforte.

@TheDoctorTardis1 8 жыл бұрын

why do you have 2 websites?

@bassoonkris 8 жыл бұрын

+The Doctor One is a personal website where I post about projects. And the other is a reed webshop for people to order from, which is managed by a team.

@TheDoctorTardis1 8 жыл бұрын

Kris King oh thats really cool thank you for clarifying btw youre an amazing player!