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In most wind instruments, the air is blown into the instrument at or near one end of the tube and exits at the other end. The place where the air is blown in is the mouthpiece. It is often detachable from the instrument, allowing the player to use the same mouthpiece on different instruments, or different mouthpieces on the same instrument, as needed. The sound vibration usually begins at the mouthpiece, and wind instruments are by mouthpiece types.

Reed instruments use small, rectangular pieces of reed plants (the pieces are called simply reeds) in their mouthpieces. The reed vibrates very quickly, opening and closing the end of the instrument like an incredibly fast valve. When the rapid puffs of air coming through this "valve" cause a sympathetic vibration of the air in the body of the instrument, the result is a woodwind sound. When they don't, the result is a squeak familiar to all reed players. In a single-reed instrument, the reed vibrates against the mouthpiece. In a double-reedinstrument, two pieces of reed vibrate against each other.

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Wind instruments convert a moving column of air into sound, whether the air comes from the player's lungs or an external device. This category of instruments extends far beyond the familiar brasses and woodwinds of the orchestra to include harmonicas, accordions and Bagpipes, all of which use unconventional methods of setting air into motion. For traditional wind instruments, however, players use their own lips and lungs to control the passage of air through the instrument, and in some cases the pitch as well.

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The wind is the result of the movement of air from high pressure areas to lower pressure areas. The wind does not move directly from one area to another but circulates around them. This is due to the spin of the Earth causing the Coriolis force which affects the wind. You can see this in action if you look at a pressure map and see that wind tends to blow parallel to pressure lines.

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Wind is caused by cold air fronts hitting warm air fronts. This causes pressure change in the atmosphere via creating wind.

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βˆ™ 11y ago

wind moves little pieces of sediment (land, rocks etc) to other places

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