#bassoon

[mapsontheweb]

Etymology map of bassoon

[dontforgetthefrenchhorns]

Fight. Be nice though, this is just for fun!!

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Upright serpent (Russian bassoon) with a dragon’s head.

Artist/Maker: Dubois & Couturier, Lyon

Date: 1835–1837

Medium: Maple; two valves, S-bend and mouthpiece made of brass.

[masonyin]

Classicat Music Sport Meet

[xenon-guava]

I don’t know how to explain this but Ganondorf would totally play bassoon in the orchestra

He gives me low-woodwind vibes

Bassoon is the definition of lawful evil

[gasparodasalo]

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Orchestral Suite for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo in g-minor, TWV 55:g3, I. Ouverture. Performed by Paul Dombrecht/Il Fondamento on period instruments.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I took up the bassoon.

I hate the bassoon.

[just-oboe-things]

Moment of silence for all the band kids learning jingle bells right now 😔

[haventacluewhatimdoing]

Playing a rare(ish) instrument means it becomes literally your whole personality. If you hear a piece of music where your instrument gets a solo, you WILL let everybody in the immediate vicinity know, whether they want to or not.

[the-blackjay]

Fine, I'll post it on tumblr

original here

[iplaythebassoon]

the proudest moment of my school bassoon career was when the conductor of my wind band told me “I never thought I’d say this but, bassoon, can you be quieter?”

[tomthebassoon]

tbh "I had no idea the bassoon could sound like that" is one of the most beautiful things you can hear, right next to the bassoon.

[wouldntyouliketokno]

This is a key of Ab major appreciation post, as it is the best key <3<3

[masonyin]

muisc city

[coupleofdays]

Fun fact: In several different languages, the word for "bassoon" is "fagotto", "fagott" or "fagot". There seems to be some disagreement over the etymology of the word, with different people arguing for or against whether it has something to do with the old word for "bundle of sticks".

This also means that a person playing this instrument is called a "fagottist" in some languages (the Swedish Wikipedia page for it has a section called "famous fagottists").