Sheen, Graham % All Keys & None: 10 Melodic Warm-Ups - BSN

All Keys & None: 10 Melodic Warm-Upsfor bassoonby Graham Sheen (b. 1952) - English bassoonist, composer, and pedagogueA collection of ten solo pieces or studies, designed to tackle the techniques and challenges of playing within a melodic warm-up.At first glance the subtitle of the present volume might seem a strange choice, comprising, as it does, ten complete solo pieces or studies. I have always been interested in the physical and mental challenges of preparing to play and I decided that these principles might best be set out in melodic form within a complete movement. Indeed, the task of writing All Keys and None has convinced me that effective warming-up is more to do with the coordination of the required techniques of playing rather than, say, finger dexterity or tonal control alone.The pieces themselves are born of real musical situations. You will, perhaps, recognise the occasional echo of a bassoon classic or an orchestral excerpt. Often the musical influences of my collea