Music and the Bassoon includes:
(1) Over 360 tunes to play, including folk tunes, popular songs, classical music, technical exercises, and "play by ear" assignments for beginners through professional players. (2) Many audio clips so you can hear professional bassoon playing on the tunes you are studying, and get a good sound in your head for which you can strive. (3) Many instructional videos that will help you see and hear how to play bassoon well. (4) Over 50 duets or canons where you can play in harmony with the audio clip.
Musipedia is a searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes. Entries can contain a bit of sheet music, a MIDI file, textual information about the work and the composer, and last but not least the Parsons Code, a rough description of the melodic contour. Musipedia uses the "Melodyhound" melody search engine. You can find and identify a tune even if the melody is all you know. You can play it on a piano keyboard, whistle it to the computer, simply tap the rhythm on the computer keyboard or use the Parsons code.