“There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears, That in billions of years, I shall certainly hit on a tune.” Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, English Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician & Philosopher.
Don’t be a baboon on the bassoon. Browse our sheet music, tuition books and scores, and let us help you “hit on a tune” today!
The bassoon has a very similar history and development to that of the oboe. It came from the Dulcian, around the time that the Shawm was beginning to be replaced by the oboe. In Italy in the late 17th Century, it was named the Fagotto, in France the Fagottez, and in England the Bassoon.
Played using a double-reed, the bassoon is usually made out of European Maple wood, and has a conical bore which doubles back on itself, making the pitch deeper. It originally had just three or four keys, but during the 18th Century, it began to have six keys. Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto for example, was written for a model with six keys.
At the turn of the 19th Century, bassoons had eight keys, and during the following years, many more keys were added, and two models emerged, the German Heckel Style and the French Buffet Style. These are the two models on which our modern day bassoons are based.
Jubiläumsausgabe – Highlights aus 25 Jahren YAMAHA BLÄSERKLASSE
for: Winds class [trombone/baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon (bass clef)]
Music score
Item no.: 1023261
Jazz-Improvisation für alle Instrumente
mit Bebop-Scales
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 666563
mit Vollständiger Grifftabelle für Blechblasinstrumente
for: Wind instrument (Bass Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 209649
A Workbook For Examinations Grade 1-5
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 375227
Degré supérieur
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764297
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1550888
Jazz-standards vereenvoudigen met de dominant-matrix
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013242
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198374
Applicables à tous les instruments à vent
La flûte contemporaine
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 474558
Fagottschule für Kinder
Band 2: Tonerweiterung, Vorzeichen
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 280597
Student Instrumental Course
Level 2 Intermediate
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 296864
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 617179
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 9
Livre de l'élève
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772864
from 2018
ABRSM 6 - 8
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669158
Musiklehre und Gehörbildung mit relativer Solmisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 676422
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 3
Bausteine - Werkreihe (Praxishilfe) (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103244
Cycle 3 / Fin d'études
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 562389
Schulwerk für Fagottino
ab 6 Jahren geeignet, im Anschluss an Band 1
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 551322
Die komplette Methode für den Musikunterricht in Schulen und Blasorchestern
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1672968
26 Progressive Studies for Basson
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618038
40 Progressive Studies for Basson
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618037
Formation & Développement de l'Oreille Musicale
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 766634
Play and Learn
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 297476
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 2 – Lehrheft
Bausteine für Musikerziehung und Musikpflege
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103241
"Die Kunst des Fagottblasens"
Schott Archive
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 200891
Tägliche Basisübungen für fortgeschrittene Fagottisten
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 661069
Tägliche Basisübungen für fortgeschrittene Fagottisten
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 659644
Schulwerk für Fagottino
mit Begleit-CD für Quintfagott
ab 6 Jahren geeignet, im Anschluss an Band 1
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 561801
Trainingsprogramme für Beruf und Hobby
for: Instrument
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 155064
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663824
Stimme 2 in C im Bassschlüssel (Fagott/Posaune/Bariton)
Mit Tipps für die Stimmbildung und Ideen für die Aufführung
for: Winds class [trombone/baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon (bass clef)]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 483427
Student Instrumental Course Elementary
Level 1
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 226253
Indispensable pour l'impro, la composition et l'arrangement.
A posséder absolument
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 1549176
Schule für den Klassen- und Gruppenunterricht mit Holz- und Blechbläsern
for: Winds class [trombone/baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon (bass clef)]
Single part (educational), online audio
Item no.: 1017915
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 279464
Tous instruments
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 1549178
CD zum Lern-und Übungsbuch
in Vorbereitung!
for: Instrument [voice]
CD
Item no.: 683434
Essential Elements German Translations
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (educational), online audio
Item no.: 1684096
Book with downloadable audio and video
for: Instrument
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 776256
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 764527
for: Bassoon
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 148227
for: Instrument
Item no.: 227189
proben, musizieren und lernen
Yamaha Bläser Klasse
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 499802
Superieur Cy 004
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 562388