what type of woodwind instrument does the bassoon belong to
Bassoon 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.
Baroque orchestra The Baroque orchestra is the type of large ensemble for mixed instruments that existed during the Baroque Era of Western Classical music, commonly identified as 1600â€“1750.[1] Baroque orchestras are typically much smaller, in terms of the number of performers, than Romantic music era orchestras from the 1800s. Baroque orchestras originated in France where Jean-Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautbois (oboe) and transverse flutes to his vingt-quatre violons du Roy (this translates as "The twenty-four violins of the King"). As well as violins and woodwinds, the baroque orchestra contained basso continuo instruments such as the theorbo, lute, harpsichord and/or pipe organ.