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Bassoon The bassoon is a double reed orchestral instrument and it is the principal part of the woodwind family. A double reed is two slightly separated blades, used for playing a wind instrument such as an oboe or bassoon The bassoon is the lowest instrument in the orchestra and the bassoon with the lowest sound is the contrabassoon. There are two types of bassoons in an orchestra they are the bassoon and the contrabassoon. The bassoon has been in the orchestra for a long time as it was one of the first instruments in the orchestra. There is a variety of big and small bassoons but the bassoon most commonly used today in the bassoon family is the contrabassoon. The bassoon plays in the bass and tenor part of the orchestra. The bassoon has 8 feet long of tubing but the contrabassoon has 16 feet long of tubing The bassoon has a wide history. In the 16th century the modern bassoon was developed. It has many names some are curtal or curtail (English) fagot or bassoon (French) fagott (German) fagotto (Italian) or bajon (Spanish) but it was originally called the dulcian it was given some of these names because it resembles a bunch of sticks and fagott means a bunch of sticks. The bassoon was fashioned out of one simple piece of wood rather than four separate sections common to today’s bassoon. The man who invented the bassoon or the dulcian was Jacques Martin Hotteterre who created woodwind instruments. The old bassoon was originally carved out of a single piece of wood and didn’t have any keys. In the 18th and 19th century the modern day bassoon with 17 keys was invented it was improved and refined. The bassoon is almost 8 feet long of tubing that is bent into the shape of a “U” shape to make it easier to play. The bassoon has a conical bore which is a hole in the middle like an ice-cream cone just like the French horn and the Oboe. In the 18th century the bassoon had music was written for it. The bassoon is used in symphony orchestra, opera and contemporary musicals for the 20th century. TV theme songs played by the bassoon are: •	Star Trek Original •	Star Trek Enterprise •	Law and Order •	Game of Thrones •	Once Upon a Time •	Theme for a The Avengers and those are only very few of the bassoon music on TV. The bassoon is made out of maple or pear wood, sometimes it is made out of hard black rubber called ebonite and the keys and the bocal and the keys are made out of metal double reeds are made of cane and most bassoonist make their own especially at an advanced and professional level. A bocal is a curved, tapered tube, which is an integral part of certain woodwind instruments, including double reed instruments such as the bassoon, contrabassoon, English horn, and oboe Dalmore, as well as the larger recorders. Many people find the bassoon interesting these are some famous people who play the bassoon in an orchestra Lynn Moncilovich who is now the principal bassoonist of the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra and who is now a professor of the bassoon, Matthew J Angus who graduated the Victorian College of Arts and was a freelance bassoonist in Melbourne, Johann Sebastian Bach was a famous bassoonist born March 21st 1685 and Holden McAleer who has been servicing some of the finest bassoon from famous bassoonist for thirty years and is a. The bassoon is the only instrument apart from the keyboard that uses all fingers and thumbs. The bassoon is known as the clown of the orchestra because it can make comical and unique noises. I also have a bibliography of the websites I used.

Bibliography http://www.bassoonresource.org/timeline4.htm http://www.bassoonresource.org/history.htm http://www.makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music library/hey-kids-its-a-bassoon.htm https://sites.google.com/site/woodwindlovers/basson http://www.soundjunction.org/profilethebassoon.aspa http://www.soyouwanna.com/bassoon-facts-1850.html http://peabody.jhu.edu/summer/bassoonweek/Instructors http://rocohouston.org/people/kristin-wolfe-jensen/ http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/bassoon http://ballaratconcertband.org.au/musical-director http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlym/pages/excerpts.html http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=2