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Woodwind

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The clarinet is a woodwind instrument played with a single reed. Clarinets come in many different sizes, with different pitch ranges. Though th
played with a single reed. Clarinets come in many different sizes, with different pitch ranges. Though there are more than a dozen different modern clarinet types, the most common ones used in orchestras and bands are the B flat and A clarinets.

Has a reed
The flute is the smallest and highest pitched beginning band instrument. It is a member of the woodwind family even though it is made of metal and doesn’t use a reed to create the sound

The piccolo is a woodwind instrument that requires a more directed air flow when playing in comparison to the larger flute. The sound range for a piccolo runs from the lowest D to the highest C on the musical range, thus providing
The piccolo is a woodwind instrument found in large orchestras and some marching bands. The word "piccolo" comes from the Italian for "small" and, for reference, the piccolo is about half the size of a regular flute. Because of its size and the high-pitched sound, the piccolo is sometimes referred to as "ottavino" in Italian music compositions.

musical instrument, the alto of the oboe family, pitched a fifth lower than the oboe and treated as a transposing instrument. It has a pear-shaped bell, giving it a soft, melancholy tone.
Vibrations begin when air is blown across the top of an instrument, across a single reed, or across two reeds. Reeds are small pieces of cane. A single reed is clamped to a mouthpiece at the top of the instrument and vibrates against the mouthpiece when air is blown between the reed

Oboe is a double reed instrument. A double reed consists of two flattened blades of bamboo that produce sound through the vibrations of one blade against the other.
Fact 3: Where did the oboe come from? The oboe is descended from an instrument known as the shawm that dates from about 2800 B.C in the Middle East. It was introduced to the French courts in the mid-17th century and became part of classical orchestras in the beginning of the 18th century.

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