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The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the tenor and bass register. Like the oboe, the bassoon is a double-reed instrument, because the mouthpiece has two reeds that lie very close together.
The bassoon’s timbre is rich in harmonics, which gives it particular color. The differences between the registers are very pronounced, which is one of the instrument’s most striking characteristics: full and sonorous in the lower register, slender, elegant and melodious in the middle and narrow and compressed in the upper register.
In all its registers, the notes of the bassoon – especially staccato notes – are well suited for the performance of humorous, comic effects.
- 1/50 of students in the Beginner Band will be selected for the bassoon.
- Bassoon player personality traits: "serious", "aspirational"
- Bassoon player physical characteristics: slight overbite, agile thumbs, medium or greater handspan, coordination.
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the tenor and bass register. Like the oboe, the bassoon is a double-reed instrument, because the mouthpiece has two reeds that lie very close together.
The bassoon’s timbre is rich in harmonics, which gives it particular color. The differences between the registers are very pronounced, which is one of the instrument’s most striking characteristics: full and sonorous in the lower register, slender, elegant and melodious in the middle and narrow and compressed in the upper register.
In all its registers, the notes of the bassoon – especially staccato notes – are well suited for the performance of humorous, comic effects.
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