It is the lowest of the woodwind instruments. It is made out of maple wood (or plastic) and has a double reed. The bassoon is a very versatile instrument. It can play very low notes and still get ...

Mexican bassoonist Carlos M. López began his musical career at age six on the piano before discovering his passion for the bassoon at age 18. He began his studies at the School of Music of the ...

To the usual two bassoons and two clarinets ... but no student orchestra ever existed with a woodwind section that could handle Schubert. For this reason the string section of the orchestra ...