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Alternate Fingering Chart for Heckel-System Bassoon

First Octave: B₁ to F₃

This fingering chart includes both basic fingerings and alternatives that are more appropriate in some passages. Some alternate fingerings are designed for fast passages, while others modify the tone, color, or pitch at normal and extreme dynamic levels. The fingerings apply to Heckel-system (German) bassoons. There is a separate alternate fingering chart for Heckel-system contrabassoon.

The fingering scheme explains the text and keys used to depict fingerings.

 

Note	Written	Fingering		Description	Src.
A1 B1		Bb B C D 123|E 123F		Basic.
B1 C2		B C D 123|E 123F		Basic.
B1 C2		C D 123|E 123F		Basic.
C2 D2		C D 123C#|E 123F		Basic.
D2		D 123|E 123F		Basic.
D2 E2		D 123Eb|E 123F		Basic.
E2 F2		W 123|E 123F		Basic.
		W 123C#|E 123F		Lowers pitch, improves tone to match D2 and F2.	RB
E2 F2		W 123|123F		Basic.
F2 G2		W 123|F# 123F		Basic.
		W 123|123F F#		Use in combination with fingerings using the right thumb.
		W 123|123F#
		123|123F F#
G2		W 123|123		Basic.
G2 A2		W 123|123G#		Basic.
		W 123|G# 123		Use in combination with fingerings using the right little finger.
A2		W 123|12-		Basic.
A2 B2		W 123|Bb 12-		Basic.
		W 123|12Bb-		Use in combination with fingerings not using RH 3.
B2 C3		W 123|1--		Basic.
B2 C3		W 123|---		Basic.
C3 D3		D C# W 123|---		Basic.
		W 123|E C#---F
		W 123|Bb C#---
D3		W 12-|---		Basic.
D3 E3		W 1-3|---		Basic. Use in combination with E3.
		W 1-3|Bb -2-		Basic. Great for pp.
		W 1-3Eb|Bb -2-
		C# W 12-|---		Trill fingering with D3.
		W 1-3Eb| ---
E3 F3		W 1--|---		Basic.
		W 1--|E --3F		Great for pp.
E3 F3		W ---|---		Basic.
		Bb B C D ---|E 1-3		Great for pp.
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