“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.
Don’t be a baboon on the bassoon. Browse our sheet music, tuition books and scores, and let us help you “hit on a tune” today!
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.
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612464
in five books
Vol. 3: Simultaneous Rhythms
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 301232
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 322907
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1589885
Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte 71
for: Wind instrument(s) from the baroque / classic
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 487351
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681393
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681356
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 256547
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 143432
for: Double bassoon
Study book
Item no.: 365111
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 469940
School for bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 551186
for: Bassoon, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 638536
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 428809
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 245952
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 322906
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 779554
With expamples by Giovanni Bassano (1591) – Francesco Rognoni (1620)
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1632375
A method for beginner
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552295
School for bassoon in 6 volumes
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 284079
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1165420
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 271749
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 622975
Schule für Kinder mit Volkslieder und kleinen Stückchen zum Ensemblespiel
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 456023
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 682717
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 690571
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 669735
from 2018
ABRSM 1 - 5
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669153
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770360
in five books
Vol. 5 : Combined measures (supplement of the 2nd booklet)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 338541
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 628237
Exercises from A–Z
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 620331
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681367
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 745564
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 372167
Mixed bars, beat changes
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205060
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 1356450
for: Bassoon
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1547239
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 941988
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 614987
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 268141
School for bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 551188
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 680551
for: Instrument
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 362894
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 460858
for: Bassoon
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 586658
also for tenoroon and fagonello (bassoonello)
printed and digital edition with audio
Instrumental ABC
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1343225
Simple and unsymmetrical bars
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205061