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@@singlereedenjoyer oh yeah it is!! Gotta tame this beast to sound like a beast💯

@ well you certainly have incredible tone

@ thank you so much. You’re too kind :)

@@jasonsamuels155 👍

@@Cubestreak very interesting. Yeah correct me if I’m wrong but I know it sounds like the bassoons got the solo here with the strings accompanying in a way, but I’ve been told that it’s actually the bassoons who accompany the strings in this section.

@@Fenway-beamng Now you’re being too kind. Thank you!! :)

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Thank you so much!! I really love this instrument so much :)

Thank you my friend!!

First off thank you for your kind comments, I truly appreciate them so much :) Secondly, to answer your questions; I have been playing the bassoon since I was in sixth grade, but I picked up the contrabassoon once I got to college. I have not played any other instrument besides bassoon and contrabassoon. I’ve been playing contrabassoon for about two years now and the reason why I have such good lung capacities because I work out a lot and do a lot of conditioning with running. I was once a football player back in my high school days, and those attributes have stuck with me as a musician quite excellently. Nonetheless, my enthusiasm is what keeps me going, and I appreciate that aspect of my life.

Thank you for the explanation.@@jakeajg7

You’re so kind Dr. Baughman!! This duet will live with us forever!! :)

@@andrewderrett9595 according to Richard Bobo’s Low A Extension guide, he used a 3-inch mailing tube and cut a triangular wedge out of the tube. I believe the length is somewhere around 16 3/4 inches long or 425 mm.

When I first started playing contrabassoon, I was the exact same way lol. Now that I’ve played it so much I believe it’s more impressive to play high notes.

@@jakeajg7 oh lol you can buy ona ronness extended register book

@@SweeperGT haha yeah he’s nice a guy indeed

Why thank you so much!!! It truly means a lot!! And yes, I have heard of Steve Braunstein. We follow each other on Facebook and he knows my Professor Rod Ackmann.

@@jakeajg7 the one that appeared on all the Michael Tilson Thomas recordings of mahler symphonies. He even played a concerto written by his former conductor MTT in 2002.

@@ZackSansing wow that’s amazing!! Thanks for sharing!!

@@jakeajg7 please do the mahler 9 and 2 symphonies where you play all the bassoon and contrabassoon parts and put it on TH-cam. Ethan Nylander made all the flute parts for rite in this video m.th-cam.com/video/2un48g5zzxg/w-d-xo.html. Could you do the similar thing for mahler 9 and 2 with just you playing all the bassoon parts including contrabassoon? I would appreciate it.

Glad to hear it. Just be awesome and enjoy the high school days.

Thank you so much for your kindness.

I’ve never seen someone standup while playing an bassoon. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thank you so much!! The audition is today as I’m writing this comment so I’ll keep your comments in mind. Just wanna say thank you for all your the advice you’ve given me and told me. You’re truly so kind😊

Indeed, not easy to play a solo in front of a stadium on the bassoon

I see and understand. Perhaps more color with the dynamic difference? And yeah what’s odd with me is that I know the upper register but it’s pretty tricky to always be in tune up lol💀

@@jakeajg7not only with you 😆 it really requires a fabulous reed but even then it just sound squeaky anyways

@@lukaslawrence8863 yep very true indeed

I do agree about that trill lol. Originally I was playing a Bb note and trilling the G key, but then after I uploaded this video; I tried fingering an Ab note and trilling the G key and it worked a lot better. But I do appreciate your honest feedback, it helps a lot.

⁠​⁠​⁠Anytime! As I said I'm always willing to give out advice. I'm not a bassoon player but I understand that the trill should be from G - A # / B b, so what is played in the vid is *technically* correct, although it almost sounded like an A - A # / B b trill. If a G - A b / G # trill works for you, than by all means use it - after all, it is better to play musically at the cost of accuracy than the other way around :)

@@aarohan.evades.taxes. indeed👍

Indeed, a comment like this is one that I truly strive for. Being passionate is what separates normal musicians from extraordinary musicians. Thank you for your kind words!!

Thanks!! :)

Thanks so much!! Clean tone is sometimes because of the contrabassoon reed. Sometimes to “Reedy” or too “Ducky.” I’m fortunate for a comment like yours😇

​@@jakeajg7This concert was the first one i ever heard in person (not including rite of spring in the same concert lol) This was very good