Woodwind Family

Woodwind Instruments

Flute*
Clarinet*
Oboe*
Bassoon*
Piccolo
Saxophone
Chalameau
Recorder
Pan Pipes
Double Bassoon
English Horn
Racket
Zurna
Fife
Fipple Flute
Bass Clarinet
Curtal
Bagpipes

The instruments with the * are used in the orchestra the most often.
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Woodwind Family

The sound is produced by:
1. the air vibrating
2. the reed or reeds vibrating

Short + narrow bore = High sound

Long + wide bore = Low sound

Bore = diameter = distance across a circle or tube.

Not all woodwind instruments are made out of wood.
Some woodwind instruments use a reed or reeds to make a sound.

Multiphonics - playing more than one note at the same time
Trills - changing back and forth between two notes rapidly