Fagott

In music, a "faggotti" is a musical instrument called a bassoon.

noun. bassoon [noun] (music) a woodwind musical instrument which gives a very low sound.

The word bassoon comes from the 17th century French basson, sharing a Latin root with bass - bassus, or "low." Definitions of bassoon. a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family. types: contrabassoon, contrafagotto, double bassoon. the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family.

dulcian The musical instruments that could be described as ancestors of the bassoon were developed in the 16th century, and include the shawm, the rankett, and the dulcian (or curtal). All of these are low-pitched instruments that use a double reed.

Etymology. From French fagot (“bundle of sticks”) (referring to the wood used to make the instrument).

bassoon, French basson, German Fagott, the principal bass instrument of the orchestral woodwind family.

Etymology. The word bassoon comes from French basson and from Italian bassone (basso with the augmentative suffix -one). However, the Italian name for the same instrument is fagotto, in Spanish, Dutch, Czech and Romanian it is fagot, and in German Fagott.

Fagotto (Fg. or Fag.) Double Bassoon (D.

The bassoon has a particularly wide range, wider than many wind instruments, which means it is quite flexible and able to play in a variety of situations. It can match with the tuba in its low range, and it can also play in tandem with high woodwinds like flutes and clarinets in its upper range.

The bassoon is a woodwind instrument which, like the oboe, has a double reed. This gives it a deep, buzzing quality in the lower notes and a sweet, piercing sound higher up. Though primarily a tenor and bass instrument, the bassoon's range is large, extending from B flat below the bass clef to treble E.

dulzian The bassoon is a 17th-century development of the earlier sordone, fagotto, or dulzian, known in England as the curtal. It was first mentioned about 1540 in Italy as an instrument with both ascending and descending bores contained in a single piece of maple or pear wood.

The low A and G on the bassoon are basically the same as the E and D on the saxophone. Low F is slightly different than on the saxophone. The fingering is similar to the low C but the pinky keys are different.