Overview of Wind Instruments
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Flute: A flute refers to a type ofmusical [Link] the
simplicity of its construction, it may be one of the most
ancient, as it can be found in various forms everywherecultures.
Oboe: The oboe is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, with a bore.
conical, whose sound is produced by the vibration of a double reed that
makes a conduit for the air blow. Its timbre is characterized by a
piercing sonority, biting and somewhat nasal, sweet and very expressive
English horn: The English horn is a wooden musical instrument, derived from the
oboe for its construction (it has a double reed and a slightly conical tube) and
consequently by its tone.
Clarinet: The clarinet is a musical instrument from the family of instruments
made of wind-wood that consists of a mouthpiece with a single tube. Inside the
orchestra, is in the woodwind section, along with the flute, the oboe and
the bassoon.
Bassoon: The bassoon is a woodwind instrument equipped with a double reed.
It consists of a slightly conical tube bent over itself, so that
so the instrument has a length of approximately 155 cm, and the
The total distance of the drill is 250 cm.
Contrabassoon: It has a tube of over 6m in length, weighing about 10 kg, and
that folded three times upon itself, still reaches a height of 1.60 m. Is
completely built of wood, except for the spout and the bell.
Trumpet: The trumpet is a wind musical instrument, belonging to the
family of brass or metal wind instruments, made of alloy of
metal. The sound is produced thanks to the vibration of the interpreter's lips in the
part referred to as nozzle from the air column (airflow). The
The trumpet is commonly tuned to B♭ (flat), that is, one tone below.
of the real tuning (there are also trumpets tuned in F, in C, in A, and in E♭
—flat—).
Trumpet: The trumpet or French horn is a brass wind instrument that has
a very versatile character that encompasses a very wide range with few pistons.
Additionally, this instrument can produce both soft and sweet sounds, as well as harsh ones.
and hard. There are certain technical resources that allow the horn to achieve
special timbral effects: mute, bouché, dampener, and cuivré. Its ancestor
it is the hunting horn.
Trombone: The trombone is a brass wind instrument. Its sound is produced
thanks to the vibration of the interpreter's lips in the part known as the mouthpiece
starting from the air column (air flow).
The tuba is the largest of the brass instruments and its predecessors
they are the serpent and the ophicleide. It is one of the most recently developed instruments.
added to the modern symphonic orchestra, appeared in 1835 with Wilhelm
Friedrich Wieprecht and Johann Gottfried Moritz, replacing the ophicleide of the century.
Eighteenth.