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bas·soon       (bə-sōōn', bā-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe.


[French basson, from Italian bassone, augmentative of basso, bass; see basso.]

bas·soon'ist n.
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