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THE WOODWIND FAMILY

THE WOODWIND FAMILY. Instruments and Sound Technique. Instrumentation. The main orchestral instruments are: Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon. Each of these instruments has a “relative”: Flute – Piccolo. Oboe – English Horn. Clarinet – Bass Clarinet. Bassoon – Contra Bassoon.

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THE WOODWIND FAMILY

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  1. THE WOODWIND FAMILY Instruments and Sound Technique

  2. Instrumentation • The main orchestral instruments are: Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon

  3. Each of these instruments has a “relative”: Flute – Piccolo

  4. Oboe – English Horn

  5. Clarinet – Bass Clarinet

  6. Bassoon – Contra Bassoon

  7. Woodwinds are made of... • These instruments were all once made of wood and because they were played by blowing air or wind they were called “woodwind”.

  8. Range • The highest sounding instrument is the piccolo as it is the instrument with the shortest tubing.

  9. Producing Sound • On a woodwind instrument the tone is produce by a column of air vibrating within a pipe that has holes along its length. • When these holes are opened or closed, the length of the vibrating air column within the pipe has changed, thus producing different pitches.

  10. Different Categories for organizing the instruments • These ways of producing sound are: Air Blown – flutes, recorders Single Reed (with air) – clarinets, saxophones, bass clarinets Double Reed (with air) – oboe, English horn, bassoon

  11. Other Woodwind Instruments • Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones are classified as Woodwind Instruments. • Although they look like they belong to the brass family they all need a single reed to vibrate in order to produce a sound.

  12. musicwithease.com • fredmooremusic.net • secure.ksmf.ca • ipodandheadphones.blogspot.com • grahamnasby.com • musicsolo.com • netinstruments.com • centsiblesounds.com

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