Music

Tag: Woodwind

Harmonica

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

Bagpipes

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

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

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. A musician who plays the flute is sometimes called a flutist... 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

Clarinet

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

Saxophone

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

Bansuri

The bansuri (bans [bamboo] + swar [musical note] is a transverse alto flute made of a single length of bamboo and... 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

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

Woodwind

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

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Bagpipes Bansuri Basson Clarinet Concertina Cor anglais Crumhorn Flute Free reed Harmonica Harmonium Heckelphones Kazoo Musical instrument Nagaswaram Oboe Recorder Saxophone Shehnai Sheng Wind Wind instruments

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