“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.
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
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 766634
for: Instrument
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 155064
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1672968
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 661069
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 659644
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103241
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 200891
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 297476
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 561801
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663824
Stimme 2 in C im Bassschlüssel (Fagott/Posaune/Bariton)
Mit Tipps für die Stimmbildung und Ideen für die Aufführung
for: Winds class [trombone/baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon (bass clef)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 483427
Indispensable pour l'impro, la composition et l'arrangement.
A posséder absolument
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 1549176
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 226253
for: Winds class [trombone/baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon (bass clef)]
Single part (educational), online audio
Item no.: 1017915
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 279464
Tous instruments
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 1549178
for: Instrument
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 776256
Essential Elements German Translations
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online audio
Item no.: 1684096
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 764527
for: Bassoon
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 148227
for: Instrument
Item no.: 227189
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 499802
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 562388
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 489531