Woodwinds.
Woodwinds are aerophones, or air-blown instruments. They are used in orchestras as well as the woodwind quintet of the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and french horn. (Note: French horn is not a woodwind). The common woodwinds are:
-The clarinet, which comes in clarinet in b flat and clarinet in A, the tenor equivalent or cello in strings terms
-The bassoon, the equivalent of a double bass in strings terms otherwise known as the bass
-The flute, a woodwind version of a violin or the soprano choral-wise
-The oboe, the alto or the viola in strings terms.
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| Flutes may be the smallest, but a professional flute is made of solid gold. |
If you don't understand the above, in easier (worldly) terms, from lowest to highest in terms of range and part played in an orchestra it goes: bassoon, clarinet, oboe and flute. See, it wasn't that hard.
Honestly, just visit
wikipedia.com but if you want a human-friendly digest of woodwinds, continue on.
What is a woodwind?
A woodwind is an aerophone, or a air-blown instrument.
So what's the difference between woodwind and brass?
A woodwind is made of metals and wood while a brass instrument is made of (duh.) brass and metal.
Also, the woodwind in a non-directional instrument so that is sounds the same whether stand behind the player or in front while the brass is a directional. (You can just imagine standing in front of a french horn. We all know what happens.) The woodwind also happens to have reeds (except for the flute) and the sound is produced by a resonator of some sort while the sound of a brass is caused by lip-tension and air flow. The brass also uses valves while woodwind uses holes.
So essentially, the difference is the brass is a clumsy instrument.
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Difference between a strings, wind and woodwind?
A strings instrument has strings. (DUH) A woodwind is a type of wind.
So what have we talked about this lesson?
A woodwind is blown and...
If you really want more info, just go to
wikipedia.com or some other website on Google.
-Matt.
