Scale sheets

Bassoon scales

All 12 major scales for bassoon, one octave up and back down and the arpeggio, with the fingering under every note. Pick the keys you want, or print all 12.
Scales
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Keys to show and print (concert)
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The diagram under each note is its fingering. Filled keys are pressed.

Concert C

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44CDEFGABCBAGFEDCEGCGEC

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert F

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44FGAB♭CDEFEDCB♭AGFACFCAF

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert B♭

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44B♭CDE♭FGAB♭AGFE♭DCB♭DFB♭FDB♭

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert E♭

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44E♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭DCB♭A♭GFE♭GB♭E♭B♭GE♭

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert A♭

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44A♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭GFE♭D♭CB♭A♭CE♭A♭E♭CA♭

Concert D♭

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44D♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭CD♭CB♭A♭G♭FE♭D♭FA♭D♭A♭FD♭

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert G♭

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44G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭FE♭D♭C♭B♭A♭G♭B♭D♭G♭D♭B♭G♭

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert G

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44GABCDEF♯GF♯EDCBAGBDGDBG

Concert D

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44DEF♯GABC♯DC♯BAGF♯EDF♯ADAF♯D

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert A

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44ABC♯DEF♯G♯AG♯F♯EDC♯BAC♯EAEC♯A

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert E

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44EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯ED♯C♯BAG♯F♯EG♯BEBG♯E

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

Concert B

Tap a note to hear it
44BC♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯BA♯G♯F♯ED♯C♯BD♯F♯BF♯D♯B

Hatched key: flick. Tap it as the note starts and let go. Some teachers have you hold it for the whole note instead (venting). Solid keys stay down.

About scale sheets

How each scale is laid out

Each measure of the scale starts with a quarter note on beat one, then eighth notes, up and back down. The arpeggio follows in triplets, and the scale ends on a whole note. With 2 octaves on, a scale that would go past the range on this sheet is printed in one octave and marked "1 octave".

Keys with two names

D♭ and C♯ major sound the same, and so do G♭ and F♯, and B and C♭ (and their relative minors). Use the spelling buttons to print the one your music uses.

Practicing scales

Use a metronome. Start slow enough to play every note clean and in tune, and speed up only once you can play the scale twice in a row without a mistake. Say or think the note names as you play, and learn the fingerings with them, so both are automatic by the time the scale is fast.

Practice them

Play each scale up and back down in the Woodwind Trainer: pick bassoon, then Scales. It checks every fingering, and you can play into your microphone.

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