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I like the one “I came for the music. I stayed for the hot bassoon daddy” 😂

these videos are the only reason Im the best player in bassoon

Dan, I wanna tell you, im from Portugal and since i was 6 i played the bassoon, i was so in love with instrument i could not believe it, i even joined the lisbon youth orchestra, however, i dont know why (probably teenage things i dunno) i quit learning bassoon and music school as a whole in 8th grade. Now im 19 years old, studying engineering in university, and went back to (re)learning to play the bassoon, thanks to you and your amazing videos (and a couple more bassoon players in youtube and tik tok) thank you so much for teaching me how to be in love again weith the best woodwind outhere, keep on the good work!

-wanna be a superman? -practice

As the writer of the skincare comment, I can tell you as a 16 year old aspiring musician, I don’t do any of the three tips and my face is visibly aging haha. Unfortunately balancing school and hours of practice is inevitably going to lead to a bad lifestyle but I do my best to take care of myself and I rest as much as I can, whenever I can.

I am in 7th grade and I play the trumpet in band and I play the bassoon in private lessons. You are one of the main reasons that I am playing the bassoon right now! (technically I play the trombone, piano, violin, and clarinet and soon the oboe and French horn because I pretty much collect these instruments and learn how to play them lol).

I learned lots from you on the bassoon, Dan.

Hey I’m also a bassoonist here, the main thing I struggle with while playing is really big jumps from like a e4 to an f2. It’s not the fingerings that mess me up though, it’s just the change in airflow. The note still comes out but it squeak sometimes.

Dan the man 🚴🏼‍♂️

I love these videos! Update on my bassooning, my symphonic band director has lended me a bassoon and will start teaching me soon! Thank you for the inspiration.

so your from Texas like me, got it

i love your videos ,it's so funny

this just reminded me i need to practice bassoon but it's locked up in my highschool band room and i get home on the bus so i can't transport it(please send help i need tips)

Even as a non-reed player, breaking that reed hurt me internally

There are only 3 honor band bassoons in my region for middle school.

I think he plays at yale

0:52 This is why we don’t let non musicians in our echo chamber (real)

Hey Dan I'm thinking of getting a bassoon I've only played it once before and that was when I was really young and my uncle let me try his. I'm a saxophone player but I've always really loved bassoon and I'm thinking of getting a heckle bassoon because those are closest to me got any tips before I maybe buy one? (just found out about your channel love you stuff really inspired me to see about actually buying one and not just have it in the back of my mind)

We go by many names: Musket… Bazooka… Oboe… Vacuum cleaner…

ohh no that me 3:36 😭

Do you sell reads?

I legit thought you were in your 20s too!!

How do you make a double reed I play saxophone so I don’t know how double reeds work tbh

How to break bass oon read????

Pls, stop breaking those beautiful, expensive reeds. It hurts 😭😭😭

why is bassoon so uncommon in beginning band?