Bassoon
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the bassoon!
-For beginner and intermediate bassoon students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the bassoon
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, facility, articulation, interval studies
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
-Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for bassoon. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 1: Get Ready (Bassoon)
Warm-up using:
-New notes B-flat, C, & D
-Whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 2: Inside Info (Bassoon)
Music theory & fundamentals: Reading music (bass clef)
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Video 3: Sync Up (Bassoon)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 4: Catch The Groove (Bassoon)
Echo rhythms using:
-B-flat only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 5: Play By Ear (Bassoon)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-B-flat & C
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 6: Mix It Up (Bassoon)
Sight-read using:
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 7: Make A Beat (Bassoon)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-D only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 8: Power Up (Bassoon)
Instrumental technique:
-Long tones & breath control -
Video 9: All Together Now (Bassoon)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 10: Your Choice (Bassoon)
Sight-read and improvise using:
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 11: Bonus Level (Bassoon)
Sight-read using:
-B-flat, C, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-4/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 12: Get Ready (Bassoon)
Warm-up using:
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-New notes E-flat & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 13: Inside Info (Bassoon)
Music theory & fundamentals: Time signatures
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Video 14: Sync Up (Bassoon)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 15: Catch The Groove (Bassoon)
Echo rhythms using:
-F only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 16: Play By Ear (Bassoon)
Echo melodic patterns using:
-C & E-flat
-Quarter notes, half notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 17: Mix It Up (Bassoon)
Sight-read using:
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature
-Repeat signs
-Fermata
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 18: Make A Beat (Bassoon)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-E-flat only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 19: Power Up (Bassoon)
Instrumental technique:
-Facility: left hand fingerings -
Video 20: All Together Now (Bassoon)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Solo & tutti
-“C” time signature -
Video 21: Your Choice (Bassoon)
Sight-read and improvise using:
-B-flat, D, & F
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 22: Bonus Level (Bassoon)
Sight-read using:
-B-flat, C, D, E-flat, & F
-Quarter notes, half notes & rests, whole notes
-Breath marks
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 23: Get Ready (Bassoon)
Warm-up using:
-A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, & G
-New notes A & G
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-Ties
-Breath marks
-2/4 time signature -
Video 24: Inside Info (Bassoon)
Music theory & fundamentals: Accidentals & key signatures