Bassoon Essay
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BASSOON ESSAY
Byron Graw
Wind Ensemble
5/16/99
“Okay, for the last time!! Yes, I play the bassoon!”
“HUH?”
“The bassoon!”
“Buhhhh—“
“Bassoon!!!”
The bassoon is the bass member of the oboe family and is distinguished by a long conical bored body and a sound that by turns can be comical, haunting, or jaunty. While in the 17th century multiple types of this instrument existed, at present there is only a single type of bassoon and contrabassoon, which is pitched an octave lower. Bassoons are usually made of maple, rosewood or plastic and consist of five pieces that fit together to form a conical tube that stands approximately 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. Attached to the instrument is a bent piece of hollow metal called a bocal, to which the double-reed mouthpiece is fitted. Bassoon players hold their instruments away...