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Depending on the type of instrument, the air moves in a variety of ways to create various sounds.
In a woodwind instrument the air is directed by a mouth contact point (Saxophone = Neck, Flute = Lip Plate, Clarinet = Barrell). The air must be directed properly causing it to bounce back and forth along the body of the instrument. At the points of air contact, you will find holes. The various pitches are created by the hole remaining open or being sealed off via a pad made usually of felt covered in leather or fish bladder.
In a brasswind instrument the air is used differently. A brasswind instrument is constructed of various tubing diameters and lengths. As the air travels through the instrument valves are depressed which allows the air to pass through the correct tubings and make it's ay out of the bell of the instrument. The larger the tubing and the longer path that the air must travel to reach the bell, the lower the pitch that is created. These pitches can be fine tuned by using adjustable slides. Pulling the slide out will flatten (lower) the sound pitch. Pushing the slide in will sharpen (increase) the sound pitch.
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∙ 11y agoOn a standard drum with a top and bottom head, when the top head is struck the air moves causing the bottom head to react, there is a small vent hole in the shell of most drums to allow air to escape or to draw air in after the drumhead has been stuck. On Concert tom-toms these only have a top head the air just moves when the drumhead is struck, after which more air moves in.
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What statement is true with regards to woodwind instruments?
A sound is produced in a wind instrument when a column of air vibrates inside a tube.A sound is produced when a column of air vibrates inside a tube.
When you play a saxophone what vibrates?
When you play a saxophone, or any reed instrument, the reed vibrates, causing pulsing of the air you are breathing into the instrument. That causes the air in the instrument to also vibrate. Resonance determines frequency and timbre.
What does air column mean in musical terms?
Music, like all sound is made up of sound waves traveling through the air. On a string instrument, the sound wave originates with a wave (actually many waves) on a vibrating string. Wind instruments don't have a string, and the sound you hear doesn't sound much like the vibrating reed of a woodwind or the vibrating lips of a brass players. We hear a wave that is established in the air inside the instrument. Of course, air moves through and out of an instrument, but the wave doesn't leave the instrument. A corresponding sound wave, which we hear, is created outside the instrument, but the wave inside the instrument doesn't leave the instrument any more than the wave on a string leaves the string. We need a term to describe the air that is inside the instrument - the air where the wave is established and that term is "column of air."
What happens when you change the pressure of your lips when playing a brass instrument?
The player's embouchure, lip tension, and air flow are used to play various octaves of a note. Pitches can be changed by altering the player's embouchure.
What is a woodwind instrument?
A woodwind instrument is an instrument in which you need to blow air into whatever sort of mouthpeice needed for that instrument. For example, in order to play a flute, you must blow into the head of the flute and a noise comes out thanks to the air viberating threw the instrument. Other woodwinds include the piccolo,clarinets, saxophones, oboes, ect...
What statement is true with regards to woodwind instruments?
A sound is produced in a wind instrument when a column of air vibrates inside a tube.A sound is produced when a column of air vibrates inside a tube.
What happens to the air inside a balloon when you put it in a warm place?
The air inside expands.
Is a cowbell an aerophone?
No. A cowbell is an idiophone, since it produces sound by vibrating the entire instrument (as opposed to the air inside the instrument).
When you play a saxophone what vibrates?
When you play a saxophone, or any reed instrument, the reed vibrates, causing pulsing of the air you are breathing into the instrument. That causes the air in the instrument to also vibrate. Resonance determines frequency and timbre.
What happens to air when it is inside the human body?
When air gets inside your body, your diaphragm exhales up and down.
What does air column mean in musical terms?
Music, like all sound is made up of sound waves traveling through the air. On a string instrument, the sound wave originates with a wave (actually many waves) on a vibrating string. Wind instruments don't have a string, and the sound you hear doesn't sound much like the vibrating reed of a woodwind or the vibrating lips of a brass players. We hear a wave that is established in the air inside the instrument. Of course, air moves through and out of an instrument, but the wave doesn't leave the instrument. A corresponding sound wave, which we hear, is created outside the instrument, but the wave inside the instrument doesn't leave the instrument any more than the wave on a string leaves the string. We need a term to describe the air that is inside the instrument - the air where the wave is established and that term is "column of air."
What instrument does Justin Bieber's grandma play?
she apparently plays the air guitar
What happens when a basketball is hot?
All the air inside of it will inflate.
How do you get your sims to have fun on sims 2 castaway wii?
You find the air plane radio or you make an instrument then you play the instrument or dance to the radio.
If you cut a hole in a basketball what happens to the gas inside?
The air will
What happens when you change the pressure of your lips when playing a brass instrument?
The player's embouchure, lip tension, and air flow are used to play various octaves of a note. Pitches can be changed by altering the player's embouchure.
What happens to the air particles inside a hot air balloon when the burner is turned off?
they slow down
