Bassoon Facts

The bagpipes are a double reed instrument, using reeds similar to the oboe and bassoon. britannica.com/art/bagpip…

Bach was attacked by an enraged student of his after Bach called him a "Zippel Faggotist" (bassoon noob). Bach tried to pull a knife but the student wrestled him to the ground too quickly. Both men received reprimands for the incident. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh…

The instrument "Bassoon" is called "Fagot" and similar variations in other languages instrumentosdeviento.org/…

J.S. Bach was attacked by one of his students because he said the student played the bassoon like a goat classicfm.com/composers/b…

Today I learned of the Sarrusophone, a brass bassoon, used in *The Sorcerer's Apprentice* and by Frank Zappa en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sar…

Music for the bassoon is called Fagottmusik in some languages. fagotizm.narod.ru/library…

A Bassoon is also called a Fagotto. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas…

Some people can give themselves Goosebumps on command. Corrected link. peerj.com/articles/5292/

On a cane reed played on saxophone, the sound is warmer and the response is even through all registers. However, great cane reeds can be hard to find and not every piece of cane will produce a great reed. Many boxes of 10 reeds will have 2-3 great reeds, 3-4 playable reeds, and unplayable ones wwbw.com/the-music-room/c…

The lowest sounding instrument in the orchestra is the Contrabassoon and there are only a few performing soloists for it in the world en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con…

There is a wind instrument called a Fagott en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas…