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Woodwind Instruments

Woodwind Instruments. 7 th Grade General Music Musical Families Unit. Ancestors of Woodwind Instruments. Recorders Shawm. Traverse Flute. Flute. Modern day flutes made of metal Held side ways – with your left hand in front of the instrument and your right behind

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Woodwind Instruments

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  1. Woodwind Instruments 7th Grade General Music Musical Families Unit

  2. Ancestors of Woodwind Instruments • Recorders • Shawm • Traverse Flute

  3. Flute • Modern day flutesmade of metal • Held side ways – with your left hand in front of the instrument and your right behind • To make sound you need to blow over the mouthpiece like you blow over the top of a soda bottle.

  4. Flute • Plays music written in treble clef. • Plays very high notes. • Often used to portray birds or something flying in orchestra or band music

  5. Clarinet • Modern clarinets are made of plasticor wood. Wood clarinets sound better. • Held in front of your body and played with both hands • To produce sound air is blown througha mouthpiece that has a reed on it.The reed vibrates back and forth to produce the sound.

  6. Clarinet • Plays music written in treble clef. • Can play both high and low notes. • The sound is sometimes used to make you think of something sneaky or curious.

  7. Alto Saxophone • Saxophones have always been made from metal. • Very similar to a clarinet by the way that it is held and played. • Uses a reed mouthpiece just like the clarinet. Only a little bigger.

  8. Alto Saxophone • Plays music written in the treble clef. • It is not included in the orchestra, but it is included in concert bands. • The Saxophones strongest type of music that is plays is Jazz.

  9. Flute Cousins • Piccolo • Alto Flute • Bass Flute

  10. Clarinet Cousins • Soprano Clarinet • Alto Clarinet • Bass Clarinet

  11. Saxophone Cousins • Soprano Sax • Tenor Sax • Baritone Sax

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