How does an Bassoon create sound?

Answer 1

The sound of the french horn can be altered by sticking your hand in the bell. The farther you put it in, the more muted it sounds, but it also makes it a little flat. Also, every french horn has a different sounds, so you can try a differnent one and it can be like a whole different instrument.

Answer 2

Yes. A few examples are:

Bow pressure

The amount of sound you produce is changed according to the amount of down- pressure you apply to the strings when you use the bow. A wide range of sound volume is available to an experienced player and can easily be varied at will, from very quiet to very loud and/or much more subtle variations in sound level. Doing this effectively will add a considerable amount of emotional feeling to the music you produce.

For instance, if you rub the bow ferociously on the string, you will get a "rock guitar" effect.

Vibrato

On the violin the player can shake his fingers to produce notes that "waver" above and below a central target note. This effect is called "vibrato" and, by varying the amount used, you can add subtle feelings of emotion to the sound. Whilst playing a piece of music, changing from using vibrato to not using vibrato - and vice versa - can sometimes add a dramatic change of mood.

Vibrato is used in a highly controlled manner by skilled players. If overdone, vibrato can sound quite ridiculous, but, when it needs to be overdone deliberately in a particular piece of music, that is yet another effect which is sometimes used.

Vibrato can be used most easily when playing a string instrument that has no frets beneath the strings, such as a violin, viola, 'cello or double bass. Producing a vibrato effect on a fretted fingerboard, such as a guitar, is possible but requires a lot more skill to carry out effectively because the frets tend to "fix" or "freeze" the frequencies of the notes which are being played.

On electronic keyboards and some other instruments, a similar kind of effect - to produce notes that "waver" above and below a central target note - is known as "tremolo".

Harmonics

To make notes sound with a "ringing", bell-like, tone - instead of the plain sounds you get by playing strings normally - you can obtain a harmonic effect by placing a finger lightly on the string in one of several different positions between the stopped end of the string and the bridge whilst pulling the bow lightly but quickly. What this does is make the string vibrate in "fractions", such as two half-strings, three 1/3 strings, 4 quarter-strings, etc.

Use a Mute

If you fit a small gadget called a "mute" onto the bridge of your violin, the sound produced will be changed a lot, reducing both the maximum volume and the richness of tonal quality which can be produced.

Some people may describe the effect of using a mute as "ethereal" and it can help to create that kind of atmosphere. For instance a piece of music written for a Ballet scene, staged as in a dimly-lit wood alongside a foggy lake, could require the violins to be played with mutes attached.

You can also use an electric violin and get a variety of different options.

Answer 3

if it is a wind instrument on take a deep breath and breath really hard!! :D

Answer 4

By throwing a tennis ball at its crotch.