Bassoon Workshop

Today students had a workshop during class about the bassoon.

Students filled out a worksheet that asked them different things about what they were learning.

1. What instrument are we learning about today?

2. What is it made out of?

3. How much does it cost to make or buy one?

4. What is a Bocal?

5. What does it look like? Describe it.

6. What music groups can a bassoon be a part of?

7. What GENRE (Type) of music can a bassoon play?

8. Why does a bassoonist SIT down when playing a bassoon?

9. What does a bassoon sound like?

10. What music instrument family does the bassoon belong to?

Brass/Woodwind/String/Percussion

11. Where have you seen this instrument before?

12. What CLEF does a bassoon use? Why?

13. What did you learn today?

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These are the parts of a bassoon.

This is the Bocal. This is the mouthpiece of the bassoon. The reed is put on the end of the bocal and a bassoonist will put the reed in their mouth and blow air through it to make a buzzing sound.