My son is a budding bassoonist and totally in awe of Paul Hanson. Thank you for inspiring the next generation. Stunning playing from both of you - pushing the boundaries of our wonderful rare breeds. Love to you both. xx
I don't know about that! I'm sorry I wasn't more stable with that embouchure-I was just getting carried away. I can definitely do the same thing with a more classically structured embouchure that looks a lot less like a hamster drinking water-as it does here!
I literally just started the video. I'm very impressed. Also, how can man's breathe?!??? He's putting all that air into his basoon! He ain't even step away to breathe yet! He's using air on credit!!!!
Sounds like kind of Colin Stetson or Yusef Lateef. I don't know how to define the genre of these kinds of music. And I don't wanna do that. But I can definjtely say like this. "Amazingly free"
oh yes indeed. This is a dotted eighth note delay-I play eighth notes and the delay plays the delay of my note. A very common electric guitar thing-just ask The Edge.
hey max, what do you mean by "pickup for my bocal"? so whats a pickup? is it the "effect maker"? :D and how is the effect controlled? with a pedal or sth?
I have the "Little Jake" Pickup from Forrests Music. You can look it up but it's basically a bocal mod for the bassoon to be plugged in to an amp like a guitar would be. You'd need pedals or synths to get the effects. Hope this helps!
yes I am circular breathing for awhile-that's not really that hard. Thinking about what I have to play is harder-but indeed there is a dotted eighth note delay going on. It's a lot of fun to use!
It's two people improvising on the oboe, bassoon,contrabass on some John Coltrane songs in a Jazz and otherwise free style.The first piece was done using electronics to keep that backing Melody going.The rest was just straight horns.It is what it is.
