For a solo instrument, I love the dark soft sound, such as this Heckel. For an ensemble/concert instrument, I like it to be bright. For jazz, (listen to Rabinowitz) I like them very bright. This is what I love about this instrument--it's extremely organic.
wow it's very special to have such a bassoon! it is interesting... it sounds a little bit more similar to french bassoons than the actual constructions of heckel = a little bit "older" and perhaps the sound imagined by Wagner, Brahms....
My bassoon teacher has one that might be a lighter. I can't say for sure because of the camera and the glare, but it could be. It surprised me, I've only seen darker ones. Mine is a deep red bassoon made by Schreiber.
Do you all realize that the bassoon he's playing on is probably about 120 years old? It appears to have period keywork as well. It is not going to sound like a modern bassoon because it's NOT! Yeah, his playing is really uneven, but then again he's outside and playing on an instrument that doesn't even have a whisper key!
Once he releases the embouchure, then he gets the ribs to open and the diaphragm to go up not down, stretch like a piece of rubber; he will find that the note starts to surf thank to the diaphragm up. He should feel that he is not pushing down in the instrument, but that the instrument is vacuuming him out from his air, that he is throwing up. Not very comfortable at first but the tone and intonation should be better!
Watching him again I think that he has got way too much pressure on the mouth also, so the mouth is making a pressure on the read like he was playing oboe 1 octave higher and the diaphragm is playing a note two octaves lower. He should release the embouchure and he will find that the note goes down in pitch, because the diaphragm is dead.
Hi, I think the problem is not the pressure, I think I had a similar problem in the past. Practiced too much, too mechanically and somehow I thought that you need strength to play. He should have is diaphragm much higher, not stuck on the floor when he plays high notes. So his coastal open is too narrow and pushes down, the instrument is trampled, he should open the coasts and thinks he is throwing up with the diaphragm about to get out of his mouth.
One of the neat things about the bassoon is that there really isn't a standard tone concept. Most of the world's best players sound radically different from one another.
That being said, I think you could have a very sweet, pretty tone, if a little dark for my tastes, with some work and a hell of a lot more air pressure.
I can just tell the intonation would be because of the instrument. Really I've never had any difficulty with relative intonation (one note in relation to the next) and noone I've played with ever has either. It really does sound like the instruments a little wild, like an out of tune piano. And yes its a required skill that you can bend even these instruments into tune, but I imagine normally you'd sound ok. Nice vibrato
haven't watched them. it is only a suggestion. Then again, wheres the proof he even studies bassoon? They're all different instruments hes trying to sell.
yea, I watched his other videos. Probably the instrument's really good and he's just somehow really bad at keeping it in tune. Otherwise I think you sound OK, and noone should be ummediately turned away from the instrument...
Yeah, I watched his other ones. Weak player on what is probably a great instrument. Other than intonation he sounds OK though (heh not on oboe though), and though I wouldn't know it sounds like he is using a sax vibrato.
I'd say his technique is ok, but the intonation isn't quite there yet. Then again it may be the heckel (if its ancient which this one certainly does look) it may need an overhaul. Then you can judge the players methinks.
This heckel has no whisper key, the guy is playing standing up with what appears to be no support and all anyone can do is rag on him... that's pathetic.
Why can't you just appreciate the playing of a very fine and rare instrument? Most of you will probably never even see one like this in your lifetime.
Well, I am in the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra, taking lessons from the principal bassoonist of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and I'll be playing Capriccio Espagnol with the RSO in February. I didn't get where I am now by thinking thats what a bassoon SHOULD sound like. Seriously, I don't mean to be so horrible, but if people think this is what a bassoon sounds like, and they are bassoon players, then they are seriously heading down a bad path.
who the hell do u think you are to be telling a perfectly fine player what he can and cannot buy. If he wants to spend his money buying a nice instrument, let him. Post something USEFUL next time.
He isn't a perfectly fine player.. Heckels are the Stradivarius of bassoons... and this person isn't capable of playing a student bassoon, nevermind a Heckel. They need WAY more training, or else its just an insult to the instrument.
For a solo instrument, I love the dark soft sound, such as this Heckel. For an ensemble/concert instrument, I like it to be bright. For jazz, (listen to Rabinowitz) I like them very bright. This is what I love about this instrument--it's extremely organic.
Maatdrummer1 7 months ago
@Toast579 Heckel Bassoons are worth upwards of $25000, especially if it's both extremely old and well maintained.
DarthYutsi 9 months ago
this sounds like a 1930s recording of a sax...
lightninguitarsolo 10 months ago
i think you play fine :-) you have a very interesting instrument!!!! where did you get it?
of course it's then a museum piece, but perhaps also useful for historical performance (eg. Brahms Symphonies?)
mauriwayar 1 year ago
my bassoon teacher has an identical bassoon at his house...i wonder how much its worth
Toast579 1 year ago
Mozart Bassoon concerto in Eb major
DFLGDFLGKJ 1 year ago
@DFLGDFLGKJ
Bb
gusyoda 1 year ago
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TheJmacaroni 2 years ago
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TheJmacaroni 2 years ago
I have to say, I like your playing a good deal, I just don't like the sound of the bassoon you have. I think it is too hushy.
cellofellow1223 2 years ago 2
wow it's very special to have such a bassoon! it is interesting... it sounds a little bit more similar to french bassoons than the actual constructions of heckel = a little bit "older" and perhaps the sound imagined by Wagner, Brahms....
mauriwayar 2 years ago
great tone!!!
oboeizzle 2 years ago
mozart!
1000camille 2 years ago
Why is this video only 3 stars? It sounds beautiful!
weas89el 3 years ago
I have to greatly disagree with you.
AmateurBassoonist 2 years ago
Hmmm...considering what you all said. But I can't believe the varnish!! It's so light in color...
BTW, thanks for the tips fagottobrasil.
shishonojiyu26 3 years ago
My bassoon teacher has one that might be a lighter. I can't say for sure because of the camera and the glare, but it could be. It surprised me, I've only seen darker ones. Mine is a deep red bassoon made by Schreiber.
bassoonfreak102594 3 years ago
I have seen a light tan colored bassoon befor
bassoon334 2 years ago
Bon homenot te faras mal a l'esquena! Me fa l'efecte que ixa canya perd aire, no se perque...
alexsalgueiro 3 years ago
What a beauitiful bassoon that is something to be proud of
Bassoonandsax 4 years ago
it is a good aide for a bassoon student to learn contrabassoon.
other than that, it serves no use because the tuning is a quarter tone flat.(no reed or embouchure will help change that)
oshidonimlop 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
He should just give up now while he can still try to make money.
Dodecahedron666 4 years ago
Do you all realize that the bassoon he's playing on is probably about 120 years old? It appears to have period keywork as well. It is not going to sound like a modern bassoon because it's NOT! Yeah, his playing is really uneven, but then again he's outside and playing on an instrument that doesn't even have a whisper key!
tjowatonna 4 years ago 8
Well maybe he shouldn't try to sell it for the regular fetching price of a heckel on ebay?
MercifulMe 4 years ago
Once he releases the embouchure, then he gets the ribs to open and the diaphragm to go up not down, stretch like a piece of rubber; he will find that the note starts to surf thank to the diaphragm up. He should feel that he is not pushing down in the instrument, but that the instrument is vacuuming him out from his air, that he is throwing up. Not very comfortable at first but the tone and intonation should be better!
fagottobrasil 4 years ago
Watching him again I think that he has got way too much pressure on the mouth also, so the mouth is making a pressure on the read like he was playing oboe 1 octave higher and the diaphragm is playing a note two octaves lower. He should release the embouchure and he will find that the note goes down in pitch, because the diaphragm is dead.
fagottobrasil 4 years ago
Hi, I think the problem is not the pressure, I think I had a similar problem in the past. Practiced too much, too mechanically and somehow I thought that you need strength to play. He should have is diaphragm much higher, not stuck on the floor when he plays high notes. So his coastal open is too narrow and pushes down, the instrument is trampled, he should open the coasts and thinks he is throwing up with the diaphragm about to get out of his mouth.
fagottobrasil 4 years ago
Basically, don't be afraid of the instrument. It's only metal and wood.
tyrelroo 4 years ago
One of the neat things about the bassoon is that there really isn't a standard tone concept. Most of the world's best players sound radically different from one another.
That being said, I think you could have a very sweet, pretty tone, if a little dark for my tastes, with some work and a hell of a lot more air pressure.
tyrelroo 4 years ago
Your technique is fine.
Your tone, too, I feel, could be very nice.
I can just tell the intonation would be because of the instrument. Really I've never had any difficulty with relative intonation (one note in relation to the next) and noone I've played with ever has either. It really does sound like the instruments a little wild, like an out of tune piano. And yes its a required skill that you can bend even these instruments into tune, but I imagine normally you'd sound ok. Nice vibrato
kevinman4407 4 years ago
If the intonation is because of the instrument, how come all the other bassoon videos this person has made are so bad?
MercifulMe 4 years ago
haven't watched them. it is only a suggestion. Then again, wheres the proof he even studies bassoon? They're all different instruments hes trying to sell.
kevinman4407 4 years ago
He won't sell them playing like this xD
MercifulMe 4 years ago
yea, I watched his other videos. Probably the instrument's really good and he's just somehow really bad at keeping it in tune. Otherwise I think you sound OK, and noone should be ummediately turned away from the instrument...
kevinman4407 4 years ago
Yeah, I watched his other ones. Weak player on what is probably a great instrument. Other than intonation he sounds OK though (heh not on oboe though), and though I wouldn't know it sounds like he is using a sax vibrato.
kevinman4407 4 years ago
I'd say his technique is ok, but the intonation isn't quite there yet. Then again it may be the heckel (if its ancient which this one certainly does look) it may need an overhaul. Then you can judge the players methinks.
Icewalker 4 years ago
This heckel has no whisper key, the guy is playing standing up with what appears to be no support and all anyone can do is rag on him... that's pathetic.
Why can't you just appreciate the playing of a very fine and rare instrument? Most of you will probably never even see one like this in your lifetime.
junoblairb 4 years ago
find a working reed and practice a lot
dorrach 4 years ago
oooooh...i'm loving that tone. the vibrato is so different, but very pleasing.
intonation? well...
WilkySmoov 4 years ago
Are you on crack... thats horrible tone!
MercifulMe 4 years ago
how about you shut up? i didn't ask you if you liked the tone, i said I liked it. i'd seriously wonder what you'd know about it anyway.
WilkySmoov 4 years ago
Well, I am in the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra, taking lessons from the principal bassoonist of the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and I'll be playing Capriccio Espagnol with the RSO in February. I didn't get where I am now by thinking thats what a bassoon SHOULD sound like. Seriously, I don't mean to be so horrible, but if people think this is what a bassoon sounds like, and they are bassoon players, then they are seriously heading down a bad path.
MercifulMe 4 years ago
To be honest, you sound lovely.
TayoFace 4 years ago
Practice, practice, practice ...
bassoonn 4 years ago
i hope you're not buying that beautiful instrument.
your intonation needs soooo muccchhhhh work.
aliandthebaba 4 years ago
who the hell do u think you are to be telling a perfectly fine player what he can and cannot buy. If he wants to spend his money buying a nice instrument, let him. Post something USEFUL next time.
jameszie69 4 years ago
He isn't a perfectly fine player.. Heckels are the Stradivarius of bassoons... and this person isn't capable of playing a student bassoon, nevermind a Heckel. They need WAY more training, or else its just an insult to the instrument.
MercifulMe 4 years ago
Strange sort of mislead confidence - this is nasty. He makes a Heckel sound like a Lark bassoon! Criminal.
Ifeelgud 4 years ago