0 a large musical instrument that is played by blowing into a long, curved tube
1 a tube-shaped musical instrument that produces low notes and is played by blowing through two reeds (= thin pieces of wood) and pressing keys on its front to produce notes, or this type of instrument generally; a woodwind
Passages for solo bassoon are doubled by strings.
It is, however, the two central sections that are perhaps the most remarkable passages in the piece, particularly in the writing for the solo bassoon.
The flute section grew to three players, and there was one additional bassoon.
In the second quintet, the last page-turns for oboe and bassoon require a third hand.
For the learning of wind instruments, the clarinet, oboe, bassoon, the boy to girl ratios were 6:3, 6:2 and 6:1.
Within the quadruple woodwind section emerge frequent solos for oboe d'amore and bass clarinet, as well as bassoons, clarinets, and flutes.
A legato bassoon melody would be theoretically possible, but in practice extremely difficult to achieve.
The presynaptic active zone protein bassoon is essential for photoreceptor ribbon synapse formation in the retina.
