Woodwinds
Woodwind instruments, much the same as the brass instruments, may be defined as a wind instruments in which compressed or intensified air is injected into a tube or resonator, setting up the vibration that creates sound. The timbre of the sound is basically governed by the generator of sound. Once the differentiation is made in classifying instruments by their generator of sound, other aspects, such as length, size, and shape of the bore and in some cases the mechanism or device used in altering the length of tubing, further separate instruments into sub classes as indicated below for woodwinds:
Free Reed – Accordions, Harmonicas, Schalmei
Flutes – Blow-hole [Transverse Flutes, Piccolos, Fifes, End blown]
Flutes – Blow-hole [Transverse Flutes, Piccolos, Fifes, End blown]
– Fipple/Duct [Recorders, Flageolets, Whistles, Ocarinas]
Single Reed – Clarinets, Saxophones, etc.
Double Reed – Oboes, Bassoons, English horn, Capped [Bagpipes], etc.
Single Reed – Clarinets, Saxophones, etc.
Double Reed – Oboes, Bassoons, English horn, Capped [Bagpipes], etc.
