A bassoon sonata is a sonata for bassoon, usually with piano accompaniment. Some bassoon sonatas in the standard repertoire are Sonata (From Latin and Italian sonare, to sound), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to cantata (Latin cantare, to sing), a piece sung. ... Bassoon Playing range of a bassoon The bassoon is the tenor member of the woodwind family. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ...