Woodwind Instruments

There isn't really any perfect age to start learning the saxophone. It is just like learning any instrument it is better if you start as early as you can but you can never be too old. I would say the best age would be about eight years old but do not stress if you are older than that you can start at any time.

That depends on the instrument. For example, trumpet music is typically written in treble clef, while trombone and tuba music is in bass clef. And, of course, variations on instruments (bass trumpet) can differ from the convention.

The bassoon typically sits in the second row of the woodwind section, which is behind the string section. Where the bassoons sit is ultimately a decision made by the conductor.

I believe that the lowest-pitched woodwind instrument is the contra-bassoon.

I've been in music all my life, and I confess that I've never heard the term "treble saxophone"

I have been involved in the repair of wodwind most of my life and served in an army band for 7 and a half years including boys service. There are two saxophones that I have heard of that are "abnormal". The first was the " HIGH " sax which I believe to have been in C. The second of these was the TREBLE sax which I have seen and had a fundamental lowest note of G concert. There are examples of this which are generally regarded as children's saxophones. I have also heard of a sax in F but never seen one.

THE HAPPYTOOTER.

Its the 3 fingers on top with the octave and the first 2 on the bottom.NO PINKIES ARE PLACED!

-SIMPSONS THEME SONG- CAPS: longer value lowercase:shorter value opening three chords- G C# D Theme 1- G~ B~ c# e D B g e (c# c# c# d) Lyrical entrance: C E F A G E C (Bflat) Ending: include 'Theme 1' with accents at FF, then at a higher octave: c# c# c# d C# d f (gggg)

The term "choir" generally refers to a group of voices, although it is also used by some musicians to refer to a subset of a larger group where the characteristic of the voices are fairly uniform and resemble the makeup of a vocal choir.

If the choir you are asking about is a vocal choir, an oboe is not a normal part of it, because the oboe is not a human voice. An oboe or two might be added as non-vocal color or even to support the soprano voices (in which case it would be choir and... rather than just choir, and the oboe would be part of whatever replaces the elipses!)

In the "woodwind choir" of orchestra or band, the oboe is the soprano of the double-reed subsection. The other common members of the woodwind section are the english horn and bassoon. If a composer is seeking to make a choir-like sound, they might use two oboes for the soprano and alto parts, the english horn as tenor and the bassoon as bass. To this section is sometimes added the less common contrabassoon (an octave lower than the bassoon) and the Baritone oboe, which is lower in pitch than the english horn and would serve like a vocal baritone.

The oboe is generally used for melodic solos or to provide the top two voices in harmony. In a woodwind quintet or mixed woodwind choir, it is more often used as an alto to the flute's soprano, or for solo work where it's brighter tone can run an emotional gamut from sprightly to sombre.

I have owned an ebonite Oboe for many years. I love the fact that I never had to worry about it cracking from the temperature changes here in the upper midwest. It stayed out in my car many times in the winter months without me ever worrying about it. It has a nice sound and was Definately worth the $1000 that I paid for it.

playing oboe is extremely difficult. and I cannot even tell you in an encyclopedia how to play an oboe. oboe is on of the most difficult instruments to play. If you want to get started I suggest you find a teacher. keep in mind that an oboe is a very expensive instrument

It is not hard to blow into, in terms of how hard to blow into the saxophone, but it is hard to produce a good tone on any saxophone (more so the soprano saxophone). Some people get it quickly some don't, the only cure is practise, practise, practise...

More than beginners think... You can buy strings especially made for jazz, blues, metal... You name it! Although there's not a big difference at first, they do.

Thick strings never break and they stay in tune longer, not to mention are better for low tunings that sound awful on normal strings. But say standard on a death metal set are very hard to play at first, but some like Stevie Ray Vaughn play like that.

Thin strings break a lot quicker, don't stay in tune as long and can go in higher than standard tunings. These have a looser feel and aren't as loud.

oboe sounds like the oboe, the clarinet sounds somewhat like it, but its not the same.

No, a saxophone has keys like other woodwind instruments. Brass instruments have valves.

Yes, they do. It is the length of the instrument that determines the pitch differences. For example the bass clarinet sounds an octave lower than the B-flat clarinet; the shorter E-flat soprano clarinet sounds a fifth higher than the B-flat.

In order to play the clarinet, you have to have the 7 main parts. They are the mouthpiece, the barrel, the upper joint, the lower joint, the bell, the reed, and the ligature. Once you have that it is actually pretty easy. To start off you need to soak the reed inside your mouth for about 1 minute. Unless it is new then for about 2-3 minutes. While you are soaking your reed in your mouth you should put together your instrument. In order to do that you first get the bell, the very bottom piece that looks like a bell, and the lower joint, the one that has keys on the side and towards the bottom, and connect it. It is also always good to have cork grease, which is just petroleum, that way if your pieces are not going together very easily you put it on the cork. Now you're going to get the upper joint and connect it to the other piece that you just put together. Next, comes the barrel then the mouthpiece. Now, get you're ligature. Put it on the mouthpiece and put your reed in between your mouthpiece and ligature. Put it to where there is only a sliver of black left. The reed is going to face you while the rest of the clarinet is going to face away from you. Now, time to play. You will put your left hand on top. Make it to where all the keys are easily accessed. Put your lower lip on top of your bottom teeth. Put your mouth on the mouthpiece and blow. You now know how to play the clarinet. By the way, it is always good to have a fingering chart around, which you can get at your local music store.

The accessories needed for a saxophone are a case, a neckstrap, reeds, a mouthpiece, a ligature (might come with mouthpiece), cork grease, cleaning rags for the neck and the body of the sax, a mouthpiece brush, etc. Ask your local music store for more information.

The most common reason given is that the oboe is the most difficult to tune and always is tuned to because is piercing and loud. This reason is actually false. The reason the oboe tunes the orchestra is because when orchestras started to develop during Handel's time, the oboe was the most common instrument in the orchestra. It was easier to tune to the oboes since there was so many of them.

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A dictionary is meant to be used to look up the meaning and spelling of a specific word. It would be too tedious to read from cover to cover, as one would read a novel.

First, the bassoonist blows into the reed. Then the air goes through the bocal, then goes straight down then curves back up(U-shaped) and exits out the top. While the air is going through the instrument, the many keys and holes alter and define what sound will come out.

The oboe can play any type of music (genre) so long as the key andrhythmare correct,theoboecan fit in.I recently went on a music workshop and Ifittedin withReggie,Blues and Jazz along with usual genres.

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