I used to play one of these in Band when I was a kid. Ever since I saw that Disney version of Peter and the Wolf I wanted to play one. I was the only one of my kind until high school, when I met two other girls who also played. Hitting high notes with this thing is a bitch but the low notes are super fun. I don’t play anymore but I still remember the embouchure and many of the key positions.
@bigladiesman
I didn’t realize until I had to draw one just how inordinately complicated the darn things are; I swear, the process for making the reed is like a Jedi building their own lightsaber. I played the trombone in school specifically because it had the fewest possible number of valves– the valved woodwinds are nuts, man.
@TexasUberAlles
Just visited his channel following your tip: what’s evident is that the guy is talented. Holy mackerel, it must be hard to play the bassoon.
@bigladiesman
Have you seen Bassoonify/Bassoon Brony? Guy’s a US Marine, looks like he could pick your car up and carry it to the shop if it broke down.
”Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sometimes a log is just a log. Sometimes a clarinet is just a long shaft of wood you want to grab with both hands, wrap your lips around, and blow for all your worth.“
-Chuck Sonnenburg
I didn’t realize until I had to draw one just how inordinately complicated the darn things are; I swear, the process for making the reed is like a Jedi building their own lightsaber. I played the trombone in school specifically because it had the fewest possible number of valves– the valved woodwinds are nuts, man.
Just visited his channel following your tip: what’s evident is that the guy is talented. Holy mackerel, it must be hard to play the bassoon.
Have you seen Bassoonify/Bassoon Brony? Guy’s a US Marine, looks like he could pick your car up and carry it to the shop if it broke down.
Well, at least, you know what they say:”Chicks dig big sticks”.
-Chuck Sonnenburg
They do sorta look like a bundle of (overly complicated) sticks.
Yep…