On 2012-08-14 01:13:38 +0000, Ema Nymton said:

> Nothing wrong with playing bassoon, cuz I played it. I also played
> oboe, clarinet and saxophone. It is embarrassing When you are the only
> one playing bassoon, and the band director asks you to play a few bars,
> then everyone giggles. I admit, they do sound funny.

I'm impressed. Very very impressed. I've played about everything
under the sun, all the usual strings, brass, reeds, percussion--the
works. But the only time I've messed with a double reed I met my
match. It was a suona, so not a 4k instrument like bassoon or oboe,
but hard enough to sweat a lot and work muscles where I didn't have
them.

Every try an English horn? When played well they avoid both the
humorous qualities of bassoon and the colorless aspects of oboe.