#bassoon Tumblr posts

[mapsontheweb]

Etymology map of bassoon

[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]

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Chamber Concerto for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and Continuo in F-Major, RV 100, III. Allegro. Performed by Adrian Chandler/La Serenissima 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 😔

[the-blackjay]

Fine, I'll post it on tumblr

original here

[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.

[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?”

[wouldntyouliketokno]

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

[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").

[dontforgetthefrenchhorns]

Somebody suggested I do a gayest section of the band poll.

Over time I will release a bunch of individual polls (per instrument, mostly) asking if you are a player of that instrument and LGBTQIA+ or not. And I'll have a results option. For now, let's form a hypothesis.

[masonyin]

muisc city

[bad-musicwriting-prompts]

write a wind quintet where everyone just plays with their mouthpiece