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Melodia Sentimental (Soon)

  • Arranged for voice and bassoon by André Januário, Melodia Sentimental (Sentimental Melody) is the fourth movement of the song cycle, Floresta do Amazonas (The Amazon Forest), for orchestra and soprano.

Sheet music titled 'Scales à la Brazilian for Bassoon' with Samba and Choro Pattern, Major Mode, composed by André Januário.

Scales à la Brazilian (Main Pattern)

  • These exercises were designed to help foreign bassoonists (particularly my students) to learn and become familiar with Brazilian rhythms. This first set of scales explores the "Samba and Choro" pattern and their variations.


Music sheet titled 'Scales à la Brazilian for Bassoon' in Samba and Choro Style by André Januário, featuring multiple musical scales and notes.

Scales à la Brazilian (Variation 1)

  • These exercises were designed to help foreign bassoonists (particularly my students) to learn and become familiar with Brazilian rhythms. This first set of scales explores the "Samba and Choro" pattern and their variations.

Sheet music titled 'Scales à la Brazilian' for bassoon, Samba and Choro Style, Variation 2, by André Januário.

Scales à la Brazilian (Variation 2)

  • These exercises were designed to help foreign bassoonists (particularly my students) to learn and become familiar with Brazilian rhythms. This first set of scales explores the "Samba and Choro" pattern and their variations.

Page from an academic paper titled 'From the Reed to the Stage: Teaching the Double Reed Family,' featuring images of conical oboes and their parts, and two photos of German and French oboes.

From the Reed to the Stage: Teaching the Double Reed Family

  • CONTENTS

    Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    1. Single and Double Reeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    2. Understanding the Oboe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    2.1. What is an Oboe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    2.2. Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    2.3. Systems: Semi-automatic and Fully-automatic . . 2

    2.4. Oboe Reed: Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

    2.5. American, German, and French Scrape . . . . . . . 2

    2.6. Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    2.7. Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    3. Understanding the Bassoon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    3.1. What is a Bassoon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    3.2. Bassoon Reed: Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    3.3. Systems: German and French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    3.4. Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    3.5. Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    4. Pedagogical Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    4.1. Oboe Method Books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    4.2. Bassoon Method Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    5. General Rules for Double Reed Instruments . . . . . . . . 4

    References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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