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bassoon

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bas·soon  (b-sn, b-)
n.
A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe.

[French basson, from Italian bassone, augmentative of basso, bass; see basso.]

bas·soonist n.

bassoon [bəˈsuːn]
n
1. (Music / Instruments) a woodwind instrument, the tenor of the oboe family. Range: about three and a half octaves upwards from the B flat below the bass staff
2. (Music / Classical Music) an orchestral musician who plays the bassoon
[from French basson, from Italian bassone, from basso deep; see base2]
bassoonist  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bassoonbassoon - a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
contrabassoon, contrafagotto, double bassoon - the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
tenoroon - a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
Translations
bassoon [bəˈsuːn] Nbajón m, fagot m

bassoon [bəˈsuːn] nbasson m
I play the bassoon → Je joue du basson.

bassoon
nFagott nt

bassoon [bəˈsuːn] nfagotto
bassoon [bəˈsuːn] nfagotto

bassoon
n bassoon [bəˈsuːn, (American ) ba-]
a woodwind musical instrument which gives a very low sound. fagot مِزْمار مُزْدَوِج: زَمْخَر фагот fagot fagot das Fagott φαγκότο (πνευστό μουσικό όργανο) fagot fagott باسون fagotti basson בָּסוּן गुग्म-मुरली, अलगोजा fagot fagott bason fagott fagotto バスーン (악기) 바순 fagotas fagots basun fagot fagott fagot fagote fagot фагот fagot fagot fagot fagott ปี่ใหญ่ bason 低音管,巴松管 фагот موسیقی کا ایک آلہ kèn fagôt

bassoon مزمار fagot basun Fagott φαγκότο fagot fagotti basson fagot fagotto ファゴット 바순 fagot fagott fagot fagote фагот fagott ปี่ใหญ่ fagot kèn pha-gốt 巴松管


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Indeed there may be generally observed in him an unbending, unyielding, brass-bound air, as if he were himself the bassoon of the human orchestra.
"But somewhat dangerous to navigation," boomed Richard, in the bass, like the bassoon to the flourish of his wife's violin.
It languished a little when the present Duke in his youth insisted upon having his own operas played there, and it is said one day, in a fury, from his place in the orchestra, when he attended a rehearsal, broke a bassoon on the head of the Chapel Master, who was conducting, and led too slow; and during which time the Duchess Sophia wrote domestic comedies, which must have been very dreary to witness.
 
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