bassoon
ファゴット
解説 Definition
bassoon は、低い音域を出す木管楽器のファゴットという意味です。日本語では「ファゴット」と呼ぶのが一般的で、英語では bassoon と言います。
A bassoon is a large, low-pitched woodwind instrument played through a double reed. It has a long folded tube and is used in orchestras, concert bands, and chamber music for its deep, warm, and sometimes comic tone.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bassoon は日本語の「ファゴット」に当たる英語名です。語源上も bass「低音」とつながるため、a warm, deep sound や play the bassoon in an orchestra と一緒に覚えましょう。見た目が似る balloon とは無関係で、演奏者は bassoonist。低音の木管楽器ですが、double bass のような弦楽器ではありません。
Connect bassoon with bass, because it is a low-register instrument. The word refers to the instrument called ファゴット in Japanese, not to a type of bass guitar or double bass. Picture its long folded wooden tube and double reed in an orchestra, then learn common phrases such as play the bassoon, a bassoon solo, and the bassoon section. Its player is a bassoonist. Although bassoon resembles balloon in spelling, the useful connection is with low musical pitch: the instrument often supplies a deep, warm woodwind sound.
例文
He plays the bassoon in the school orchestra.
彼は学校のオーケストラでファゴットを演奏しています。
The bassoon has a warm and deep sound.
ファゴットには温かく深い音色があります。
A short bassoon solo opened the second movement.
短いファゴットのソロで第2楽章が始まりました。
bassoon の類義語・関連語
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bassoon の語源・成り立ち Etymology
イタリア語 bassone(低い音の楽器)から。bass(低音)はラテン語 bassus(低い)に由来し、接尾辞 -one は「大きいもの」を意味する。関連語: bass(低音)、baritone(バリトン)。つまり「大きくて低い音を出す楽器」という命名。
Bassoon entered English through French basson and ultimately comes from Italian bassone. The Italian word is based on basso, “low” or “bass,” with the augmentative suffix -one, so it originally indicated a large instrument in the bass register. English adopted the French-influenced spelling and pronunciation. The Japanese and several European names derive instead from Italian fagotto, a different historical name for the instrument.
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