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Woodwind

Woodwind. Family. Woodwind Family Characteristics. Originally made from wood Mouthpiece: fixed hole, single reed, double reed Single column Keys to cover holes in the body Bell. More About the Woodwind Family.

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Woodwind

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  1. Woodwind Family

  2. Woodwind FamilyCharacteristics • Originally made from wood • Mouthpiece: fixed hole, single reed, double reed • Single column • Keys to cover holes in the body • Bell

  3. More About the Woodwind Family • Woodwinds are any instrument that is played by forcing air past a vibrating reed or across an opening • Woodwinds are made of all kinds of materials, but mainly wood and metal. • A reed is a small piece of cane wood that is used on the mouthpiece • Single reed • Double reed is different in that both sides are cane, rather than part of a mouthpiece

  4. Clarinet • Popular woodwind instrument • Can play a range of notes from high to low • Single reed • Held vertically • Bell mellow expressive

  5. Saxophone J A Z Z • The saxophone looks like it ought to be a brass instrument, it’s in the woodwind family because the player uses a reed. • Single reed instrument • Used in jazz music • Easier to play than the other woodwinds • Bright sound • Held vertically

  6. Oboe • Looks a lot like the English horn • Snake charmers used this instrument • Double reed • Held vertically high piercing

  7. English Horn • Double reed • Held vertically • Funny shaped bell “Egg Head” • Look a lot like the oboe melancholy Dreamy

  8. Bassoon • Largest in the Woodwind family (Almost 8 feet long) • Plays the lowest sound in the family and orchestra • Held vertically • Double reed lowest L A R G E S T

  9. High Pitches Flute • Originally made from wood but is now made out of silver-nickel • Played by blowing the breath across the opening • Plays high pitches (but not as high as the piccolo) • Held horizontal (to the side) Silvery Airy Clear

  10. Piccolo High Pitches • Piccolo mean “little flute” in Italian • Smallest in the Woodwind family • Plays the highest pitches in the Woodwind family and the entire orchestra • Played horizontally (to the side) • No reed just a fixed hole piercing Shrill smallest

  11. Single Reed • Clarinet • Saxophone

  12. Double Reed • Oboe • English horn • Bassoon

  13. No Reed • Piccolo • Flute

  14. Woodwind Family Sound • Woodwinds are played by blowing into them through the reed or across the top of a hole cut into the instrument. The noise comes from the vibrating air resonating inside the tube. • To change the pitch, the player opens or closes holes cut into the instrument with his/her fingers or by pushing levers (keys) that cover the holes.

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