Talk:Bassoon
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Wiki Education assignment: Chamber Music Literature
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2021 and 22 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Bassoonisms (article contribs).
Etymology
[edit]@Jonathanischoice: what is "the rep"? The article doesn't say anything about the instrument being called "fagotto" in English, so I don't see how any of that content is relevant. -- Fyrael (talk) 21:16, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- A large majority of the corpus of orchestral repertoire up until at least the mid-20th century uses Italian terms for instruments, i.e. fagotto, fagotti, fg. etc. for the bassoon in scores and parts. Any English-speaking bassoonists, musicologists, composers, or indeed Wikipedia article readers interested in the bassoon, would need to know this to avoid confusion. Including something about at least the Italian term fagotto (probably not as long-winded as the current explanation) is therefore warranted. I can have a go myself but I'm in the middle of fixing the terrible euphonium and tuba articles at the present moment. — Jon (talk) 22:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- the reason i came to the page today is, youtube recommended me a video called (german) "Konzert fur Fagott und Ochester" ~2026-18930-78 (talk) 19:12, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
- I've had a crack at it anyway; but it is the least of the problems in the article really... the "Technique" section takes up nearly a third of the article and is almost entirely unsourced, and some of it borders on WP:NOTHOW "how to play the bassoon". The Waterhouse Grove article and the Yale Kopp book are both good sources, but although Kopp is cited often, there are no page numbers. There is a lot of flowery language. Most instrument articles have the same problems. Good luck! — Jon (talk) 23:14, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Nickname
[edit]Isn't the bassoon known as "the clown of the orchestra"? Should this be added? --Jameboy (talk) 21:09, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
small point but
[edit]article says, "It is a non-transposing instrument and typically its music is written in the bass and tenor clefs, and sometimes in the treble." should that read "and only sometimes in the treble"? because otherwise, just naming all the clefs would would render the sentence pointless. ~2026-18930-78 (talk) 19:13, 24 April 2026 (UTC)