Mel Bay's fingering and scale chart for bassoon is an indispensable reference guide for bassoonists as well as educators. The fingering diagrams are clear and easily understandable, with clear photographs of the keys of the bassoon. The scales can be used together with those of other instruments in the series. Included in the chart are:

• Fingering diagrams for the most common fingerings for all the notes in the standard range of the bassoon
• A separate chart of the most common and useful alternate fingerings
• All twelve major and relative minor scales and arpeggios
• Chromatic scale
• Cross-references to alternate fingerings used in specific scale and arpeggios