I'd agree re: the bassoon being "ridiculously hard to learn". I've never considered myself a good woodwind player, but at the point I tried to learn bassoon I'd

I'd agree re: the bassoon being "ridiculously hard to learn". I've never considered myself a good woodwind player, but at the point I tried to learn bassoon I'd played a reasonable amount of saxophone (alto and tenor) and clarinet. None of that prepared me for the oddness and difficult of the bassoon. I found it to be a supremely unrewarding instrument to attempt to learn (albeit I recognize that I'm the kind of person who is quick to give up if I don't feel like I'm making any progress at something). My instructor told me that I'd likely need to learn to make my own reeds, too. That wasn't something that made me any more enthusiastic for the instrument.