“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: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 485852
Stand: Mai 1994
Lehrplan des VdM
for: Bassoon
Study book
Item no.: 118373
für Fagott
Universal Fagott Edition
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 113743
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103242
for: Instrument
Item no.: 338019
Student Instrumental Course Elementary
Level 1 (Elementary)
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 296865
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 1 – Übungsheft
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Study book
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Grundlagen – Tipps – Übungen – Hörbeispiele
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Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1550479
Mancherlei Theoretisches und Praktisches
(Für den jungen Blasmusikdirigenten)
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Book
Item no.: 336294
Ergänzungsband zum Solfège-Übungsbuch mit mehrstimmigen Beispielen aus der Opernliteratur
Bausteine - Schriftenreihe
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 183752
Die Instrumentalschule für den ersten Fagottino-Unterricht
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 558981
für die Instrumentalprüfungen D1, D2, D3
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 476147
Übungsbuch über die Wandlung des melodischen Ausdrucks von Tonreihen durch Änderung von Taktgewichtung und Akzentuierung
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1018097
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771993
Fagottschule
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 489233
for bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 677459
am Beispiel von Mozarts Fagottkonzert KV 191
for: Bassoon
Study book
Item no.: 660914
Méthode pratique pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552077
(1553)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1031328
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 616648
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 164452
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 6
Livre de l'élève
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772691
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 7
Livre de l'élève
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772726
Ein Lehrwerk für Jugendliche ab 10 Jahren
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
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Un percorso ragionato per la pratica dell'improvvisazione a tutti i livelli
Strumenti in Si bemolle
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Music lesson book, online media
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from 2018
ABRSM 1 - 5
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669159
Degré préparatoire à moyen
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764289
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
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Musiklehre und Gehörbildung mit relativer Solmisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 676421
Spezial-Grifftabelle
for: Bassoon
Fingering chart
Item no.: 157912
Praktische Vorschläge zur Verbesserung des Fagottspiels
for: Bassoon
Study book
Item no.: 775314
for: Wind instrument
Book
Item no.: 345488
Théorie et pratique
Exemples en clé de Sol et clé de Fa
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767178
65 Progressive Studies for Bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618036
Die Instrumentalschule für den ersten Fagottino-Unterricht
for: Small bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 475226
2 Übemethoden und Trainigshilfen
clarino.extra Band 11
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 613021
De vijf basisakkoorden
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013297
School for bassoon in 6 volumes
Vol. 4: Duets
for: 2 bassoons
Music lesson book
Item no.: 284081
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 8
Livre de l'élève
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772811
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 5
Livre de l'élève
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772472
Great Foundation Series
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770341
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767785
for: Instrument
Item no.: 215834
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4a – Lehrheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103245
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4b – Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103255
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 389146
Dieses Schulwerk ist für das Erlenen des Fagotts sowie des Quint- und Quartfagotts geeignet.
Band 2 mit Download
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 684069
A Fresh Approach
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 755607