How to Play the Bassoon

Learn the basics of playing the bassoon, including setup, posture, and technique.

[SEVERiNpark]

Please I beg of you whoever is reading this, do NOT put your bassoon together like this. I recommend you place the seat strap on the seat, leave it there, kneel down and place the boot joint on the GROUND. Don't rely on the seat strap to hold your bassoon up while you put it together. After the boot joint is on the ground, put in the WING joint in first. If you put the long joint in first, it could damage the bassoon when you put it together because the wing joint is such an awkward shape. The long joint can easily slide down the wing joints curved side without bending the wing joint. After that you can proceed to fit the bell on like usual.

[andershelmsworth]

protip: skip to last 36 seconds for how to play the bassoon

[RoseCadenza]

17:23 Wow. Huge difference in sound between the oboe and bassoon.

[MegaGermanShepherds]

As a composer in training and originally play oboe, I can tell that this is really helpful! I just started doing bassoon in Woodwind Tech and I happened to have found your video. Thanks! I'll put the breathing and the number of thumb keys to good practice when I get back on it!

[isetta]

real question is, how do you get the money to buy these mo'fookers?

[ianpomareda]

Great video just switched from sax to bassoon

[theonepersonband]

I'm trying to start learning the bassoon as long as I am able to rent one. At school, right now I'm playing in the symphonic band [I'm in 7th grade] with the euphonium, but I'm planning to switch to bassoon next year.

[tobiortonotbe]

why am i watching this ive been playing the bassoon for a few years

[MiguelSilva-ihvk]

17:23 the sound after you die in a fnaf game

[Aida-jo]

This performance is like a musical journey through emotions. Beautifully played! you can also watch the video of Aida Nadeem's in which Bassoon instrument has been used.

[global_warnings]

This is good information, as I'm switching from euphonium to bassoon. Thanks a lot!

[crypticb]

I just got the bassoon today and I literally did all of this without any experience and without watching this video....

[TheBigBrassGuy]

Did anyone else notice that the bocal was in the guy’s MOUTH in the thumbnail?

[aspen]

i’m switching from clarinet to bassoon(hopefully), and this helps so much!

[scooot]

I love it! I’m currently switching from percussion to bassoon.

[crystalheart]

I've always wondered about the Bassoon and what it sounds like. I've only seen them in orchestras and the sound was not easy to hear with all the other instruments playing. This was a very interesting video and seeing it up close it's a beautiful instrument and sounds amazing.

[alnn]

I just grab the book joint and then stick the locked pieces on and lock it, then I stand up and phew stick the top on the top and stuff the seat strap into my pocket. And then I grab my music while holding the bassoon and then throw the seat strap down and then tada! It’s done! And my hands are fricking small so it is a struggle but it’s a really good instrument to play and I would recommend it! (Even thought the fingering is really hard)

[Aida-jo]

This music feels like a cozy blanket for the ears—warm and comforting you can also watch the video of Aida Nadeem's in which Bassoon instrument has been used

[erix]

I'm going from an intermediate flute to a bassoon and I'm preparing every possible video to guide me through bass hell 😭😭

[thejils]

Uh, actually bocal has a Latin derivative "bocca", meaning mouth...as in mouthpiece...if it were to represent the "neck" of an instrument, the Latin derivation is "nucha"...just sayin...