Woodwind Instruments

The speed of the air being blown through it makes the vibrations. But the player uses their tongue to control the vibrations and help to define the different tones when playing!!

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Artie Shaw played a Conn clarinet. His clarinet is now in the Smithsonian storage facility. Unfortunately, Conn is no longer an independent entity. It was acquired by Selmer, another company most commonly associated with Benny Goodman.

That completely depends! talking about an alto saxophone (as this is the most common, especially amongst beginners) the prices can Cary from £200 right up into the thousands. It is possible to but saxes for less than this by buying second hand which can be great value, but as a beginner who may not know what they are looking for if you decide on this option then I would recommend getting whatever you intend to buy checked out by a professional in order to ensure you are not left with huge repair costs. Another downside is that once you play you will realise just how much spit gets into the saxophone and you may be thoroughly put off! All I can say is you get what you pay for- the more expensive the sax the higher quality it will be so it will be easier to play and sound better in the long run.

The piccolo is generally used as a color instrument in a large ensemble, so it's not typically an instrument you start playing in order to get famous. That being said, there were a number of notable piccolo players in the bands of the 19th century (see link below), and some very fine piccolo concerti have been written in the past 20 years.

the piccalo is a very high instrument that is like a flute or oboe

No CNET in Bb Tuba is in BBb or also known as C

The organ belongs to the keyboard family of musical insturments, but it is also a wind instrument as opposed to a piano. A piano uses hammers that strike large strings similar to guitar or bass strings to produce it's tones, while the organ involves allowing air through specific valves to produce it's sound.

Musically, pitch is altered in genres like jazz on purpose. Moving one's jaw back and forth can vary the pitch; so can embouchure, or mouth position. A tight embouchure will produce a sharp note, a loose one a flat note, and of course to have a note in tune your embouchure has to be just right.

Sometimes pitch must be corrected because a clarinet must is out of tune. It the clarinet is sharp, start by pulling the barrel out slightly from the upper joint, and if it is still sharp when you've pulled it out as much as you can, try the bell, and pulling the upper joint from the lower joint. If a pitch is flat, push in. Sometimes the clarinet will be flat with everything fully pushed in; this means that the instrument is cold, which is why before you tune you must quite literally warm up- with scales, difficult passages, etc. If you are playing with others and notice that you are out of tune with them (you will hear a vibrating sound), either because you or they are out of tune (it is better to be equally flat than one person perfectly tuned and another flat), you can alter your embouchure to match their pitch.

If you are interested in the physics behind a clarinet, this is a great (but verbose, lengthy and extensive) resource: newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/clarinetacoustics.html

The Baritone oboe is the largest in the oboe family. Though if you mean in the double reed family it's the contrabasson. An oboist couldn't play the contrabassoon, but he could play the baritone oboe. It's 1 octave lower than the oboe.

The link below goes to a list of Leblanc clarinet serial numbers. If I understand this chart, it was probably made in 1998, but since they restarted the numbers in 1984-85, it might have been made in 1983 during the earlier run of numbers.

Since 1983 began with D25636 and ended with E13604, if the D-numbers ran all the way up to D35614 before they went to E-numbers, that would have been a run of 23,582 Vito instruments made that year. In 1982 they made 24,056 Vitos, so that's possible.

What I don't know is when the V40 model came out. Somebody else?

depending on the oboe and reed, you can reach different notes. I have never been able to go above the f above the staff, but my teacher can go higher. On the lower side, you can go to the b flat right below the staff. If you have an extension, you can hit the a below that.

Well, there are three main fingerings for a B on the clarinet. There is a lower B which is fingered thumb, 1,2,3, and 5. A higher B is fingered thumb, register, 1,2,3,4,5,6, and with both pinkies. A really high B is fingered thumb, register, and 1. There are many fingering books and charts out there, probably some online if you need more help.

An Oboe player. I don't believe there is another term for it

Woodwind instruments are woodwind for one of two reasons:

They are/used to be made out of wood (Eg a flute or clarinet)

They use a reed which is made of wood (Eg saxophone, oboe, bassoon)

it depends if the clarinet has had extra keys added to it as you can have lower notes added.

Dholaks tend to be made of few materials. These include wood, fiberglass, steel, plastic.

The bassoon's weight is a byproduct of the materials it is made from. A good average value would be around 3.5Kg (around 7.5 pounds.) However, a thin-walled french bassoon made of a light wood with a minimum of keys will weigh much less than this, while a German bassoon made of dense wood and decked out with keys to go from low BBb into the stratosphere (thank you, Mr. Stravinsky) will weigh more.

However, the weight of the bassoon itself is almost immaterial. The normal and preferred way of holding the bassoon while playing is to use a belt or similar long strip of material with a hook on the end, which fits into a hole or ring at the base of the bassoon. The player sits on the belt, adjusting the bassoon's position until the reed sits right at mouth-level. Then, the bassoon is nearly entirely supported by the belt, and the player's hands are free to finger the instrument.

None-the-less, the bassoon can also be suspended from a neck-strap, like saxophones, using a loop which is often supplied on the metal band at the top of the boot joint (the lowest part of the bassoon), from which it is very nearly balanced. This is often used when the player is standing or (if brave) marching with the instrument. Then, the left hand contributes a little to the support of the bassoon.

Quite often, the case for the bassoon, complete with a small glass to hold water (to soak the reed) and a gaggle of tools for making and adjusting reeds, weighs more than the whole bassoon!

The notes to "Bingo" on the recorder are:

d ggg d ee dd gg AA b g bb ccc AA bbb gg aaa g f d e f gg

d ggg d ee dd g g aa b g bb ccc aa bbb gg aaa g f d e f gg

Wood clarinets have a much more mature sound, and are easier to play. They are also more expensive to buy and care for, and take much more time and work to care for. Wood clarinets are more likely to crack under stress or quick temperature changes. Repairs for wood clarinets are also more expensive. Wood clarinets are easier to keep/have in tune because they are made with expert length, width, ect. Resin clarinets are better for use by begginer clarinetists who have been playing for one to three full years because they cost less and are more resistant to damage. However after three years, a clarinetist who wishes to continue learning to play the clarinet should switch to a wooden clarinet because it allows them to access the extreme range much easier as well as switching between register and non register using notes.

It depends what has actually happened to it. If the cane has fallen off the staple then I'm afraid you can't do anything but make a new one but if it just doesn't blow you can scrape it with a reed knife and widen it up and keep going til it works. If this still doesn't work, look for a local oboist in your area.

Normandy clarinet were available as wood models and as a Resotone (plastic) models. One particular wood Normandy model came with a wood body but with nd a plastic barrel and bell - sometimes even seen with a wood barrel and plastic bell.

Any Normany models are fine choices for beginners to intermediate, and the Resotone model is an excellent choice as a marching band instrument.

try sucking in your stomach and gradually working up to it

All classic or symphony orchestras use Oboes, which are double-reed woodwinds. the Woodwind family includes the Clarinet, Oboe, Flute(by tradition all are metallic) Silver, Gold, or these days stainless steel!) and the Bassoon. you see, saxophones are NOT used in symphony orchestras so arrangers have to juggle parts for these woodwind instruments.from the top down, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon-not Baboon.l somebody drew a cartoon of a Baboon playing one when I was in high school and the nickname Baboon caught on. Jazz and dance bands almost always use Saxophones for these transposing parts, the multitude of valves comes in handy., Much mor musicianship is required to play these sounds on an Oboe or Bassoon. The Band leader Mitch Miller (not related to Glenn) was originally an Oboist, by the way.

Some composers that have written famous oboe solos are Beethoven, Berlioz, Bizet, Dvorak, Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Rossini.

You can use a mouthpiece cleanser that you can buy on some music store!