“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.
A Method for individual and Group Learning
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 681574
Improvisation for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 658035
The Path to Mastery and Individuality
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 682717
The Nuts and Bolts of Music Improvisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Boek (softcover)
Item no.: 681777
A Step-by-Step Guide for Understanding Basic Rhythms
for Band, Choir, Orchestras or private Study
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681182
with complete theoretical Explanations
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 172783
Exercises to improve Breath Control and Airflow
for Band, Chorus and Orchestral Winds
Focus on music
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 491673
School for bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 551186
in five books
Vol. 1: Simple measures
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 301230
A Developmental Guide for Brass Wind Musicians
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 560308
Second Edition
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 377120
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 689925
Jazz Scales & Patterns in all 12 Keys
Phrase like a pro!
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
14 Etüden mit praktischen Tipps und Erläuterungen von Bob Mintzer
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 177388
Single Time
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205056
Effective and systematic Exercises
Major Edition
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772331
Exercises from A–Z
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 620331
My System
for: Bassoon
Study book (without notes)
Item no.: 768689
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 268141
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101359
Workshop Musik
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 177361
A practice method for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
for all beginning Students
89 Cards with all the Notes, Symbols and Terms needed for the first 2 Years
for: Instrument [voice]
Cards (teaching material)
Item no.: 668968
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 245952
Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
Meredith Music Resource
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 428809
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 173560
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 368935
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 138631
For all Instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 680551
Method and Studies
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 774913
Great Foundations
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 191112
for Advanced Pupils (Original version)
Universal Fagott Edition
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 113741
Klassik
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 266853
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 184952
The fun and exciting way to learn the bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 460858
Musica Rara
for: Bassoon
Book (lexicon, hardcover)
Item no.: 131667
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 160802
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 695669
Challenging Exercises & Etudes for Modern Improvisation
A Practice Guide for the Contemporary Musician
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 443578
bass clef edition
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 765317
Schulwerk in 6 Bänden
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 284078
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1008903
Notes on the difficult, humorous, endless path of becoming a better improvising musician
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding), playback CD
Item no.: 201865
Learn As You Play
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 198382
10 intervallic studies for solo instruments
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 565662
Grades 1–5
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 157413
Berklee Guide
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 284763
Klangübung
Studien über alle Dur-Tonarten
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 622103
for all Musicians
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 605605