“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.
for: Double bassoon, piano
Item no.: 246641
for: 2 bassoons [cellos], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 684748
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656107
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 205842
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
for all Musicians
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 605605
Notes on the difficult, humorous, endless path of becoming a better improvising musician
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 201865
37 Recital Pieces for Bassoon and Piano Accompaniment
MP3 files and PDF piano accompaniments included
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score (anthology), online media
Item no.: 618508
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 159544
A practical and easily accesible edition of suitable test pieces for Orchestral auditions for Bassoon.
for: Bassoon
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382999
for Bassoon and Piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 266826
Effective and systematic Exercises
Major Edition
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772331
for bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 412131
Schule
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 380414
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749339
Bb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1553280
(Winds)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 246709
3 Vortragsstücke
for: Double bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 723089
24 Miniature Pieces Vol. 2
for: 2 bassoons
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1023110
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178117
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 481609
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 694934
for four Bassoons
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666504
Arie "Ombra mai fu" aus der Oper "Xerxes"
bearbeitet für Violoncello / Fagott und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Cello [bassoon], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 2352
School for bassoon in 6 volumes
Vol. 6: Double Bassoon
for: Double bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 284083
My System
for: Bassoon
Study book (without notes)
Item no.: 768689
Klassik
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 266853
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 406416
Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
The Nuts and Bolts of Music Improvisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 681777
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 118984
Jazz Book
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 310958
bass clef edition
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 765317
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 138631
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 184952
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101359
A practice method for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
Jazz Scales & Patterns in all 12 Keys
Phrase like a pro!
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
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
120 cards for any late elementary music student
for: Instrument [voice]
Cards (teaching material)
Item no.: 474560
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
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 267139
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 551911
14 Etüden mit praktischen Tipps und Erläuterungen von Bob Mintzer
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 177388
Music through the Ages in Two Volumes
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 368935
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198022