Music

Tag: Wind

Clarinet

IntroductionHistoryMaintenance Introduction The clarinet (sometimes historically spelled clarionet) is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. A person who plays the... More

Trumpet

The trumpet is a brass instrument. It is the highest in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn... More

Harmonica

Description History Description A harmonica is a wind instrument which emits sounds by the vibration of little blades or metal... More

French horn

Compared to the other brass instruments commonly found in the orchestra, the typical range of the french horn is set an... More

Trombone

Trombones of today History of the trombone Time line of the trombone Trombones of today The trombone is unique in... More

Harmonium

Origin of the Harmonium Description of the Harmonium Parts of the Harmonium Playing the Harmonium Care and Caution Origin of... More

Kazoo

AppearanceHow to play the kazooThe ancient ancestors of the kazooThe kazoo becomes a thing of the common peopleThe different disguises of... More

Bagpipes

Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument. The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly... More

Saxophone

The saxophone or sax is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop... More

Shehnai

Origins and brief history of the Shehnai How to play the Shehnai The Shehnai, double-reeded instrument of the wind category is... More

Free reed instruments

Free-reed instruments are musical instruments that produce sounds from a reed vibrating in a chamber, as opposed to "fixed reed" instruments,... More

Alpenhorn

Alpenhorn or alphorn, a wind instrument, consisting ofa natural wooden horn of conical bore, having a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used by mountaineers... More

Bugle

The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially a small horn with no valves. All pitch control... More

Tuba

The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony... More

Cornet

The cornet is a standard concert band instrument; most bands have at least two cornets, as they are often scored in... More

Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn) is a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore. It is the soprano... More

Didgeridoo

The Didgeridoo is one of the worlds oldest wind instruments and has been dated back to 20,000 B.C. It is... More

Euphonium

The euphonium is the tenor member of the tuba family. It is a valved brass instrument whose bore constantly increases in... More

Mellophone

Like the horn, the mellophone has three valves. However, the valves are pressed with the right hand for mellophone, instead of... More

Saxhorn

The saxhorn family of valved brass instruments was named after Adolphe Sax, who did much to bring it to its present... More

Sousaphone

The sousaphone is a musical instrument named after John Philip Sousa, the famous marching band conductor and composer. It was invented... More

Shofar

History of the Shofar Construction of the Shofar History of the Shofar The shofar is a magnificent musical horn that was... More

Serpent

A serpent is a wind instrument with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument but side holes like a woodwind instrument. It... More

Brass

A brass instrument is a musical instrument that uses a cupped mouthpiece shaped in a way that allows the player's lips... More

Heckelphones

Introduction Sound Repertoire The Heckelphone is a woodwind instrument with the fingering of an oboe, pitched an octave lower (it... More

Oboe

The Oboe is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. It is a descendant of the shawm. In the 17th century... More

Nagaswaram

Nagaswaram is a double-reeded instrument with a conical bore that flares out towards the bottom end. It usually consists of twelve... More

Recorder

The recorder is a flute-like woodwind musical instrument. In German it is called the Blockflote, in French the flute bec, and... More

Basson

The bassoon is the bass member of the woodwind family. Like the oboe it has a double reed and overblows an... More

Cor Anglais

The cor anglais or English horn is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. It is essentially the same as an... More

Crumhorn

The crumhorn is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. It was popular in the Renaissance period. In the 20th century,... More

Concertina

A concertina, like the larger accordion, is a member of the Free Reed family of instruments. Instead of buttons on one... More

Sheng

The first free reed instrument was the Chinese sheng (笙; pinyin shēng), which is mouth-blown. It is thought that Johann Wilde... More

Woodwind

A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by a vibrating... More

Wind Instruments

A wind instrument consists of a tube containing a column of air which is set into vibration by the player blowing... More

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