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The Ergonomics of Playing Bassoon: A Natural and Stress Free Approach to Playing the Instrument

Garcia, Noel A.

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2011, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Bassoon.
This document explores the most common problems and challenges related to posture, weight distribution, and hand placement faced by beginning and advanced bassoon players. Eleven professional bassoonists who play with some of the top orchestras in the country shared their knowledge and experience dealing with the instrument’s complex ergonomic challenges. Solutions to these challenges were also researched and gathered from sources dedicated to instrumental playing, such as guides for teaching instrumental playing, medical sources concerned with the performing arts, and method books available to the students. This project analyzes and explains in greater detail the postural habits that players develop from the time they first hold a bassoon, in the process exploring how these commonly found habits hinder bassoonists from an ergonomic, technical, and biometric perspective. Understanding the importance of practicing good posture can be the difference between tension-free, consistent and technically proficient playing and hitting a wall to no avail.
Mark Ostoich, DMA (Committee Chair)
Martin James, MS (Committee Member)
William Winstead, MM (Committee Member)
124 p.

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  • Garcia, N. A. (2011). The Ergonomics of Playing Bassoon: A Natural and Stress Free Approach to Playing the Instrument [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1320327334

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Garcia, Noel. The Ergonomics of Playing Bassoon: A Natural and Stress Free Approach to Playing the Instrument. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1320327334.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Garcia, Noel. "The Ergonomics of Playing Bassoon: A Natural and Stress Free Approach to Playing the Instrument." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1320327334

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)