basson

noun. bas·​soon bə-ˈsün. ba- : a double-reed woodwind instrument having a long U-shaped conical tube connected to the mouthpiece by a thin metal tube and a usual range two octaves lower than that of the oboe.

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.

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. Fagot is an Old French word meaning a bundle of sticks.

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.

About. The bassoon's double reed gives it a rich, slightly buzzing quality in the lowest notes and a sweet nasal sound higher up. Bassoons can be extremely expressive as solo instruments and their warm vibrato enables them to sound remarkably human, a little like a resonant baritone singer.

Sound is produced by blowing air from the mouth to cause the reed to vibrate. The bassoon is unusual among wind instruments, as all ten fingers are used to play its metal keys, including the thumbs.

A Basson is a double-reed Woodwind instrument having a long U-shaped conical tube. This tube is connected to the mouthpiece by a thin metal tube and has a usual range of two octaves lower than that of the oboe. This means that sound is produced by blowing into a reed or over a hole.

The bassoon is a woodwind instrument that is typically used in orchestras and bands. It has a unique sound that can be difficult to describe. In the early 1800s, the bassoon was considered to be one of the most important woodwind instruments.

The name "bassoon," used in the English-speaking world, also drives from a French word, "basson." Basson is a term used for a musical instrument similar to the earliest fagotto that also offered a low pitch range, and which started being referred to as the fagotto from the latter half of the 17th century.

The largest instrument of the woodwind family with the lowest pitch, the bassoon uses a double reed, made from two pieces of cane tied together. The bassoon is played in a similar way to the oboe. The bassoonist presses the reed between the lips and blows to sound the instrument.

The bassoon is a woodwind instrument that produces sound in a low range, using a double reed, and has a distinctive shape, with a long tube that looks as though it has been folded in two.

Bassoons produced today are made using hard maple mostly from Europe. Among the maple wood available, particularly hard wood is selected. That said, it is soft compared to the grenadilla wood used for making clarinets.