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Bassoon was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
November 8, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
May 4, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed

Current status: Delisted good article

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Wiki Education assignment: Chamber Music Literature[edit]

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).

Arguments probably don't belong in the article...[edit]

The text:

However, the usual etymology that equates fagotto with "bundle of sticks" is somewhat misleading, as the latter term did not come into general use until later. However an early English variation, "faget", was used as early as 1450 to refer to firewood, which is 100 years before the earliest recorded use of the dulcian (1550). Further citation is needed to prove the lack of relation between the meaning "bundle of sticks" and "fagotto" (Italian) or variants. Some think that it may resemble the Roman fasces, a standard of bound sticks with an axe. A further discrepancy lies in the fact that the dulcian was carved out of a single block of wood—in other words, a single "stick" and not a bundle.

Has a few issues. First, chained sentences starting with "however." Then rather than adding a "citation needed" the discussion is taking place in the text. Also, the "Some think..." should probably get a {{who}} tag. Miskaton (talk) 23:48, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

French bassoon[edit]

I think we should do as the French do, and treat the "basson" and the "fagotto" as different instruments with different ranges and timbres. Any violinist that can play period music can play it on a modern instrument. I think this also ties into the article about the instruments' high ranges. 2603:7000:D03A:5895:61C9:CE16:5785:DDE0 (talk) 23:25, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]