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>>>All the instruments in the Woodwind Family are, or used to be, made of wood.
>>>All the instruments in the Woodwind Family are, or used to be, made of wood.
>>>To make a sound on Woodwinds, you use your "wind"....you blow into it.
>>>To make a sound on Woodwinds, you use your "wind"....you blow into it.
>>>There are a few different kinds of Woodwinds; No Reed, Single Reed, and Double Reed. Reeds are thin pieces of wood that vibrate when you blow through them.
>>>There are a few different kinds of Woodwinds; No Reed, Single Reed, and Double Reed. Reeds are thin pieces of wood that vibrate when you blow through them.
NO REED
NO REED
FLUTE & PICCOLO
FLUTE & PICCOLO
Both the Flute and Piccolo do not use a reed.
To make a sound, you blow across the hole in the mouthpiece, kind of like if you have ever blown across the top of a bottle to make a sound.
To change the sound, you press down on the keys.
The Piccolo is the highest sounding in the Woodwind Family, and the Flute is next highest.
SINGLE REEDS
SINGLE REEDS
CLARINET
CLARINET
Mouthpiece with single reed
The Clarinet uses a single reed on the mouthpiece.
To make a sound, you blow into the mouthpiece.
You change notes by pressing different keys.
BASS CLARINET
BASS CLARINET
The Bass Clarinet uses a single reed on the mouthpiece, just like the clarinet.
Bass Clarinet is larger, and sounds much lower than the Clarinet.
SAXOPHONE FAMILY
SAXOPHONE FAMILY
All of the Saxophones use a single reed just like the Clarinet.
The most familiar Saxophone is the Alto Sax.
The Saxophones are some of the newest members of the Woodwind Family.
DOUBLE REEDS
DOUBLE REEDS
OBOE
OBOE
Double reed
The Oboe uses a Double Reed as the mouthpiece.
A double reed is 2 pieces of wood pressed together, and you blow between them.
The Oboe is the highest Double Reed Woodwind.
ENGLISH HORN
ENGLISH HORN
The English Horn uses a Double Reed.
The English Horn is a little longer than the Oboe, and sounds a little lower.
It has a unique shape - look at the egg-shaped bulge at the bottom.
BASSOON
BASSOON
The Bassoon is large. It is folded in half, but if unfolded, it would be 8 feet 4 inches long.
It uses a Double Reed.
It sounds low.
The Bassoon is sometimes called "the clown of the orchestra".
CONTRABASSOON
CONTRABASSOON
The Contrabassoon is the largest and lowest sounding Woodwind instrument.
It would be about 18 feet long if unfolded!
It uses a Double Reed.
(Instruments below NOT on test)
(Instruments below NOT on test)
These are other woodwind instruments that do NOT play with the orchestra.
These are other woodwind instruments that do NOT play with the orchestra.
Recorder
Bagpipes
Harmonica
Accordion
Concertina
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