What model is your bassoon?

i play the bassoon😊 its a great instrument

How do youhold the bassoon, and how do you have to shpe your lips to blow into it?

How do you blow into the bassoon?

I'm bassoonist too :) If You are begginer this is ok. Try something easier for beggining :)

I am originally a baritone player and just got bassoon yesterday. I wanted to get a woodwind instrument this school year, and I remember my band teacher asking me when I asked for a new instrument if I wanted a challenge, and I said yes. His replay was handing me a bassoon and I can't wait to play it!! I know how to arrange it and even play it. I had a reed that came with it (it was a little torn and half and splintered, I'm surprised I pulled a few notes). All I need left from the band teacher is a new reed and some grease. I went on RU-vid to see what it would sound like with some practice. I'm so excited. :)

Can you describe to me how you play? I'm blind and I can't see what you're doing.My name is Raymond and I'm 28 years old and I live in Georgia in the United States.I listen to any kind of music but rap and I play guitar and sing.My hobbies are computers, music, swimming and going to lions camp and talking to and meeting new people.

Tips for a new player: careful on what reeds you buy because its hard to tell if one will be good or crappy. I always have to adjust when I get a new one. And be careful on how much you let your bassoon lean on your left hand while playing because it will hurt and can cause health problems with your hands later on.

don't cross your legs when you're playing and wear your belt because your notes are''moving''!Also,high notes require more air than the low ones.Don't forget this

I started playing when I was ten.....

can you describe to me what you are doing when you play the bassoon? I'm blind that's why I ask.

i play tuba at my school but this goes to all instruments concentrate on the notes and blow fast air if needed if not relax

Ya there is a lot of buttons, I'm 8th and in honors it's pretty easy though

why are the sousaphones crabbing

Awww! My favorite year! And I don't even know how the my name showed up on the show! I love my baker band! Go hornets!

What piece is that? I like it.

marching bands with guitars sucks i hate bands like this

They are about anywhere from 10000 to 35000 for a good bassoon. And REALLY hard.

How expensive, and how hard to play?

That was cool. Better than I could do...lol

Lol. I lay my bassoon on my bed too:)

The Bassoon is pretty difficult for me :( Just a new player and my band instructor asked me to change from Alto Saxaphone to Bassoon. lol

you need to use you vent keys to hit the upper octaves

I play flute an we get to change this year

That is so cool!!! I've never heard the bassoon before your video...heard OF it, but never actually listened to someone play it. Love the sound!

i will admit i dont like the guitar it basically ruins the whole point

im excited...im playing bassoon for the first time in a couple of weeks:)

@weiminmozart uhh no ur not! hehe.

i switched to the basoon from the alto sax and im having a little bit of a hard time changing cleffs and new fingerings for my school band but so far the basoon is mad awesome and i think if i stick with it it'll be wayy worth it

i play the bassoon for my school band. but for some reason...my bassoon sounds completely different from that.. mine sounds horrible.. :(

@AOBOY13 This year was the first in my four that MGM's band was truly good

@kristinared1991 thanks :D leads were me and my buddy cliff.

is this instrument hard to play?

That trumpet kid has got some lungs!!!

this is what i am going to play in my school band. this is a very unique instrument

alright its just not right to put the pit in the middle

More air--by which I mean more INTENSE air, as though you're whistling--and a rounder embouchure. Good start, though!

it is, i just had to switch :P

What kind of bassoon is that? A couple years ago I got a Fox 240. He's my baby :)

That's very nice. You are making very good progress. I play flute and viola myself, but the bassoon is a very beautiful instrument.

i freakin hate the bassoon no offence to anyone that plays it, but i play it and i hate soooooooooo much i cant wait to play trombone next year in high school

Your band sounds amazing!

I wonder if we stole the cymbal thing at the end from the Phenomenon of Cool.

Mobile, Alabama. I daresay we're the best band from southern Alabama.

We sho are. :)

if u wish to have a bigger sound, more impressive, try Using Vocal Chords when ui play... that make 3 years that i play the bassoon, every SINGLE F""""" DAYS.... Good job! =P

Can you recommend to me bands/ compositions that involve bassoon that are preferably slow, andante pace? Cheers! sounds good

i was kicked out of band that year, I was in pit, But now i've tried out 4 and made snare.

This is amazing! I have been playing for almost 2 years now, but my (school's) bassoon is 30+ years old, so my bassoon does not sounds nearly a good as yours. a little more on the posture, but great job!

besides the posture thing it wasn't bad, i was surprised how well you kept a steady tempo, also i would recommend a softer reed, or just getting more comfortable with higher notes, thats when you lost the most air