Assertion: bassoon | /r/CapableOf | serve as both bass
Facets:
value: purely
type: DEGREE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Therefore, scoring for the wind section meant that the bassoons would often serve as both bass and tenor, as in the chorales of Beethoven symphonies.
text: In the orchestra of the Classical era it had become customary to use two bassoons which functioned purely as bass instruments.