“There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears, That in billions of years, I shall certainly hit on a tune.” Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, English Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician & Philosopher.
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The bassoon has a very similar history and development to that of the oboe. It came from the Dulcian, around the time that the Shawm was beginning to be replaced by the oboe. In Italy in the late 17th Century, it was named the Fagotto, in France the Fagottez, and in England the Bassoon.
Played using a double-reed, the bassoon is usually made out of European Maple wood, and has a conical bore which doubles back on itself, making the pitch deeper. It originally had just three or four keys, but during the 18th Century, it began to have six keys. Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto for example, was written for a model with six keys.
At the turn of the 19th Century, bassoons had eight keys, and during the following years, many more keys were added, and two models emerged, the German Heckel Style and the French Buffet Style. These are the two models on which our modern day bassoons are based.
from 2018
ABRSM 6 - 8
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669152
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume initiation
Livre de l'élève
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772392
Dieses Schulwerk ist für das Erlenen des Fagotts sowie des Quint- und Quartfagotts geeignet.
Band 1 mit CD
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 687873
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771372
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 660883
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 214063
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 767085
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 691720
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 390223
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 255361
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 475705
Clarino Extra 8
Atmung Ansatz Stütze
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 601470
for: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771490
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 1017788
for: Bassoon
Fingering chart
Item no.: 129325
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103243
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 118393
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 183583
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 672334
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 684066
for: Bassoon
Study book
Item no.: 413852
Edizione Italiana
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1556904
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205867
A Transpositions Limitees D'O. Messiaen
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 336837
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 375227
Jazz-standards vereenvoudigen met de dominant-matrix
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013242
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764297
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 586150
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 660710
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1550888
for: Wind instrument (Bass Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 209649
for: Winds class [trombone/baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon (bass clef)]
Music score
Item no.: 1023261
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 666563
for: Wind instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 745880
Fagottschule für Kinder
Band 2: Tonerweiterung, Vorzeichen
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 280597
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 9
Livre de l'élève
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772864
from 2018
ABRSM 6 - 8
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669158
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 296864
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 617179
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 562389
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 474558
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 3
Bausteine - Werkreihe (Praxishilfe) (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103244
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 551322
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 676422
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198374
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663824
26 Progressive Studies for Basson
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618038
40 Progressive Studies for Basson
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618037