The bassoon folds a conical bore roughly 2.5 metres long into a compact body capable of an exceptionally broad range of colours and expression. 🏷️ INSTRUMENT PROFILE Family Woodwinds – double-reed instrument Sound production Vibration of a double reed and resonance of the air column inside a folded conical bore Main material Maple, with a metal bocal and an elaborate key mechanism Main systems German or Heckel system and French or Buffet system Practical range Approximately B♭1–E5, with possible extension in the upper register Notation Non-transposing; written mainly in bass and tenor clefs ...
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