Ep 13. Sleeping Bassoon

In the episode "Sleeping Bassoon" from the second season of Little Einsteins, the team embarks on a musical adventure to awaken a sleeping bassoon and save the day.

The episode begins with the Little Einsteins – Leo, Annie, Quincy, and June – exploring a beautiful garden. Suddenly, they hear a sound that puzzles them all – a quiet snoring noise.

Upon investigating, they discover a sleeping bassoon nestled in a tree. Quincy recognizes the instrument and explains that it's a bassoon – an essential component of the orchestra. However, the team quickly discovers that the bassoon is out of tune and unable to play its part in an upcoming concert.

The team quickly realizes they need to create a challenging musical adventure that will wake up the sleeping bassoon, and they get to work. They start by collecting three musical treasures that they believe will help awaken the bassoon. Each treasure represents a different musical component – melody, harmony, and rhythm.

To find the first treasure, the team needs to travel to Japan and search for a special blue bird that sings a beautiful melody. After reaching Japan, they find the bluebird singing in a cherry blossom tree. Still, they can't catch it, so the team creates a plan to mimic the bird's sweet and melodic tune. With their new song, they coax the bluebird out of the tree and catch it inside Quincy’s rocket.

Next, they travel to Spain to collect a second treasure – a set of castanets that represents the harmony component of their musical adventure. The team meets a friendly trio of dancers who invite them to a Flamenco dance performance. During the performance, the dancer uses her castanets to create a beautiful rhythm, and they collect them from her.

For the third treasure, the team travels to the tropical rainforest of Brazil to find a unique drum that will provide the rhythm needed to wake up the sleeping bassoon. Along the journey, they encounter exotic animals like toucans and monkeys, which provide various rhythmic sounds. After following the sequence of sounds, they meet a friendly jaguar who invites them to participate in a drumming session with her friends. While there, they discover the perfect drum for their adventure – a large wooden drum with a deep sound.

With all three treasures in hand, the Little Einsteins head back to the sleeping bassoon in the garden. Using all three treasures, they create a beautiful musical sequence that awakens the bassoon. It smoothly blends harmony, rhythm, and melody, waking up the sleeping bassoon to join the orchestra for the upcoming performance.

The episode concludes with the Little Einsteins attending the orchestra performance, where they feel proud to have played a critical role in the performance and awakening a sleeping musical instrument.

In conclusion, "Sleeping Bassoon" is a fun-filled musical adventure that teaches children about the importance of melody, harmony, and rhythm in creating beautiful music. It also encourages the audience to appreciate and respect all the musical instruments – from the largest to the smallest – and the critical role they play in the orchestra.