How fast can you play them? All i can get is to 80 bpm. (all eighth notes, two octaves).

Eight notes? I can play eight notes (2/beat) @ 150 no problem. I'll see if I can get 180 perfectly within a few days (havnt practiced much in past 2 weeks)

*darn missin edit button* and that's the full range (Bflat to C#). Lowest notesll be hard at 180 >< but it shud work. I'm gonna see if I can set up a forum where you can post recordings of playing your bassoon.

soooooo glad to be able to play bassoon full throttle again

It'll get faster once you get the fingering patterns down.The same goes for scales, but it's not about how fast you play them it's about how well. Of course if you're dragging along at 20 clicks a minute you probably won't make a clinic you're auditioning for...Eventually I got to be able to go from Bb to high Eb at 120 in sixteenths. You'll get there.

Oh yeah...Forgot. HAPPY BASSOONING!!!

Probably 16th notes at 60 per quarter. It jsut requires practice. For me though, its only from Bb to
F above the third Bb(I don't take lessons, and my teachers are wells tupid) So maybe thats whyXD

>.<, i thought i was slow . i can play my full range B flat to C5 ascending at about 140 @ eights perfectly, and decending at 100..... kinda need to work on going down... and ive been playing for about ..... 2 years odd.

hey ya'll. All it takes is practice. I have muscle memory now that my band director made us play it everyday at about 100 beats per minute in triplets. FUN!!! I have been playing for 1 year . Have fun on your bassoon.

What kind of bassoona re you playing if full range for you is c#?