Woodwind Instruments

Playing "loud" on the bassoon is all about air support, a good embouchure, and a good reed. You can't play loud if any of them are missing. Typically when bassoon players play loud they want to drop their jaw which causes them to go flat, especially on the low notes, so be sure not to do much change to your embouchure. Loud on the bassoon is mainly caused by air support. A good air stream with plenty of pressure and wind will cause you to play "loud" on the bassoon.

almost 6 feet tall!

The reed is the main part of the clarinet. Without it you cant play the instrument. It allows you to blow threw the clarinet to make the noise. This goes along with some other woodwind instruments (the flute and recorder are the only woodwinds that I can think of that don't need a reed).

It would be really hard to "date" a clarinet, it does't matter if it's a selmer or any other brand. You can't really have a conversation with an inanimate object. The relationship wouldn't be fulfilling if you know what I mean. I recommend dating a person, going out and get to know each other.

The range of an oboe is from a B flat below middle C to a high G. So just over 2 and a half octaves

Those that project from a LCD data poecojtrr do better in the darkest room then a lighted room. PQ (picture quality is good to very good) Still you have to worry about wash outs and the lamp you have to replace. Yes there is a lamp blub in there.

I just had mine appraised for $1200.00. Thinking of selling it.

Contrabassoon

The oboe and bassoon are members of the double-reed family. This means that they produce their sounds by means of a reed which is made up of two pieces of 'reed' (Arundo Donax, actually a type of cane) which allow air to pass between them. The vibration of these reeds against each other produces the sound which is modified for pitch and tone by the body of the instrument, the fingering pattern used, and the effect of lips on the reed and the oral cavity around it. Notes are started and stopped with the tongue, in both cases. Both instruments have a (mostly) conical bore, and overblow at the octave.

Beyond that, much is different between the two instruments. The oboe derives from the Shawm family of renaissance instruments, while the bassoon hails from the dulcian/fagott family, which are distinguished from other renaissance reed instruments in having the characteristic conical bore which is folded. The bassoon bore travels from the reed to the 'wing joint' perpindicular to the rest of the bassoon's body through the "bocal". The wing joint bore leads directly into the 'boot joint' bore, then folds at the bottom of the instrument and returns parallel to itself through the 'bass joint' and the bell.

Both instruments are fingered through a combination of open holes, closed by the pads of the fingers, and keys. The oboe's system is quite complicated, while the bassoon's basic octaves are fingered in a simple manner. The complex keys of the bassoon are limited, largely, to extending the range up into higher harmonics of the tube, and down the bell to the lowest notes. The oboe's keying simultaneously adjusts for irregularities in the bore's porting and extends the range.

The oboe belongs to its own family, the oboe family, which currently consists of the oboe, the oboe d'amore and English horn, and the baritone or bass oboe. The oboe and English horn are very common and moderately common in the symphony orchestra and symphonic bands. The oboe d'amore has an extensive baroque literature. The baritone oboe is limited to a few orchestral pieces where it is invoked for effect, such as Gustav Holsts' "The Planets."

The bassoon also has its own family, consisting of two instruments in common use now: the bassoon and the contrabassoon. The contrabassoon sounds an octave lower than the bassoon, and doesn't have as high a range, relatively speaking. It is used for effect as well as for reinforcement of the lower instruments of the orchestra. It is most noticeable in Ravel's "Sourceror's Apprentice" where it has a solo passage (associated in the Mickey Mouse segment of the original Fantasia with the chopped-up broom pieces starting to move again!)

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They are great clarinets. Buffet is a long standing company. You have to check to know if the clarinet you are buying is made either in France or Germany. The B12 made in France is obviously better, but they stopped making them long time ago. The B12 made in Germany is a decent instrument. Just try to stay away from knockoffs.

Considering that Denner invented it in 1690 that would make it 419 years old as of 2009.

Chatelaine

The first saxophone was a bass or contra-bass instrument made in 1841 to take the place of other bass instruments, and it was used on many pieces not written especially for sax. The first piece to feature the saxophone was an 1844 version of Hector Berlioz' "Chant Sacre" which, according to the Jaques Barzun history of Berlioz was scored for two clarinets, two bugles, a small trumpet and saxophone.

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.

The contrabass clarinet can be almost twelve feet long.

The clarinet belongs to the woodwind family. Clarinets were originally made of wood, and still are, though most are plastic nowadays. It also requires the players breath, or "wind", to make a sound. Combine these two and you get a wooden wind instrument, or woodwind.

The Contra-Bassoon. It is the same is bassoon but plays an octave lower, and wraps around a second time.

A C A C A

G C D E B C

A C A C A

G C D E B C

A C A C A

G C D E B C

G C D

repeat all above

I have the same problem with F (all octaves) and Eb (main/middle octave). Here's what I do to have the tone corrected and or working correctly.

Reed:

1. Blow out the other end (cork and metal side) to remove spit.

2. Blow air into it lightly (not making a sound, but just blowing air into it).

3. Pinch the opening of the reed slightly.

Oboe:

1. Check all the parts are together.

2. Take the Oboe apart and put it back together.

3. Swab it.

4. Check that all the keys are in there, or aren't messed up/ broken.

Embouchure and Air Stream:

1. Take a break, catch your breath and try again.

2. Blow harder or softer. It's what I like to call my "Scream and Whisper" technique.

3. Mess around with your embouchure or air stream.

Playing:

1. Try a scale, etude or song that doesn't include the note.

2. Make sure the Oboe is broken in. The peak of performance is 5-7 years for Oboes, unlike strings that just get better with age.

3. If it's a wood, make sure it isn't cracked. (If it is, stop playing it and get a repair asap.)

4. Try Long Tones with the note.

If none of these work, arrange an appointment with a double reed specialist. they know what's best.

Well first off, I have been playing the Clarinet for quite a while now, so to me it might sound different than someone who isn't in band or plays the clarinet...anyway, I think the clarinet is a beautiful instrument and produces a magnificent tone...if the player carries themselves with good posture, then this will improve the tone also. A good reed always helps too! :) Overall the clarinet is a great sounding instrument which produces a sound close to a Bass Clarinet or possibly Oboe or bassoon. mainly the bass clarinet though..hope this answers your question! :)

I think you mean "bass clarinet", and they're usually about $1250 if they're resin, and $3,000+ if they're made of grenadilla wood, depending on the quality, range, and brand.

However, if you mean bliss clarinet as in the model LeBlanc makes, they can be $1,000+ just depending on where you buy them from.

Of course, if you're intently curious, you can contact a local instrument-selling store or if you trust the internet, use Amazon.

That is the correct spelling of the "flute a bec" (French flûte à bec) or "beak flute" the modern form of which is the "recorder" or song flute.

Ronnie Scott contributed to, and possibly played in the non-vocal parts of the riff to "Lady Madonna".

Its on the soundtrack to the film The Mission by Ennio Morricone