<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor clefs, and occasionally the treble . Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band, and chamber music literature . The bassoon is a non-transposing instrument known for its distinctive tone colour, wide range, variety of character and agility . Listeners often compare its warm, dark, reedy timbre to that of a male baritone voice . Someone who plays the bassoon is called a bassoonist . </P> <P> The word bassoon comes from French basson and from Italian bassone (basso with the augmentative suffix - one). However, the Italian name for the same instrument is fagotto and in Spanish it is fagot . Fagot is a Germanic word which means bundle of sticks . </P>

What type of woodwind instrument does the bassoon belong to