Woodwind Instruments

After practicing on the clarinet, when you push air through your instrument, especially in the extreme range and on a new reed, your instrument may squeak, but not because of bad technique (your tones are clear and precise otherwise). When this happens you should get a harder reed, and if you can't get harder reeds (your already on a 4) then you could think about a larger mouth piece (they come in 7 sizes and 1-3 is for beginners, 4-5 for intermediate and 6 and 7 for professionals.

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When you decide that you want/need a harder reed, I would highly recommend that, instead of jumping straight from a 3 to a 4, you go for the middle and get 3 1/2 reeds instead. 4's are immensely stronger than 3's and the likelihood of a person being able to make that jump is slim to none.

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It was created in the 1650s. It's therefore been around about 350 or so years.

There are many great makers of Irish whistles, and it's a bit hard to choose the best. perhaps Copeland, or O'riordan, both of whom are pretty much retired now and don't make whistles any more. I personally play whistles made by Nick Metcalf (check the link) and LOVE them! Some makers that also get pretty good reviews are:

MK whistles,

Goldie Whistles

Michael Burke Whistles

It takes about one hour for a spider to construct an elaborate web of silk thread, called an orb web. An orb web consists of a series of roughly circular, concentric outlines, with spokes extending from a hub. Orb webs, which are most noticeable in the morning dew, are constructed by many species of spiders.

Tenor Saxophones can cost anywhere from $1,200 for a student Yamaha to upwards of $10,000 for an Inderbinen.

Good places to browse would be saxquest.com, wwbw.com, and forum.saxontheweb.net.

I have the same flute serial number 9094. I don't know the value but I've just spent almost £100 having it professionally repaired, serviced and cleaned and I was told the instruments are not often seen and that the quality is very good - at least as good as or even better than a modern Yamaha costing over £400. So I would say as long as the instrument is in tip-top condition it should be worth about the same or more if the buyer particulary wants a rare old instrument. I Hope this helps.

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Clarinet reeds come from cane.

There are many well known compositions, but undoubtedly the most famous is the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Some other well known works include the Weber Concertos, Premiere Rhapsody by Debussy, and Stravinsky's Three Pieces for Clarinet. I also really enjoy the Krommer double clarinet concertos.

The only difference is metal bell ring at the large end of the bell. B12 has it, B10 doesn't.

The saxophone is made of a cheaper metal, (often brass) and then lacquered in gold to give it its appealing look. The saxophone uses a reed, which vibrates against the mouthpiece to produce vibrations which result in sound. When you depress the keys on a saxophone, it lengthens or shortens the 'pipe' in the saxophone which will determine the pitch of the saxophone. the saxophone has pads which press against the key holes to make airtight seals, and the fingerkeys are often made of Mother-of-Pearl. The reed is attached to the mouthpiece with something called a ligature, which securely holds the reed in place. There are 4 common sizes of saxophone, and in order from smallest to largest they are, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone. Saxophones often have 3 parts; the body, the neck and the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is attached to the neck and then the neck is attached to the body. These are just some of the millions of facts about the saxophone.

Yes. That is what vibrates to give the sond of the music.

Alto Sax, I'll give you the notes, but you find the beat. This is the shortened version, it's the only one I have. It's still catchy:

High G, High G, High G, D, High G, High B.

High G, D, B, E, F#, F, E, G, B, D, E, C, D, B, G, A, F#.

D, C#, C, Bb, B, D, E, High G, E, High G, High A, High Bb.

High A, High G.

Your mom, dad and sister.

The standard clarinet and most common clarinet has 17 keys, there are more advance ones that can have up to 22 keys (maybe more if it's a prototype).

You're Artley was produced in 2000, it's a student model b-flat clarinet. It could be wood or copmposite plastic, you can tell by the texture of the intstrument. Plastic is smooth and shiny, wood has a grain to it. Hope this helps!!

The song changes key a few times. It starts with a Jewish hitzas scale in Am using the notes A C# E, it goes up a fourth and repeats the same riff starting with D. The solos are had to replicate because they are incorrectly fingered, out of tune and overblown, but that style makes it. I have to play clean cut solos over madness, because I'm a smooth jazz musician. Love madness. www.shawsax.co.UK Chris Shaw, international artiste.

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because all woodwind instruments use reeds

Violin would be an easier change from oboe, because trumpets transpose (the note they see and play isn't the note that comes out). If you are used to reading a non-transposing instrument in treble clef, you will likely feel more comfortable moving to another non-transposing instrument in treble clef.

It depends:

A rotary piccolo is held differently; with a finger hook for your left hand little finger and a thumb grip. Your right hand has another finger hole but is used only for page turns.

A normal pic is held with two fingers of the left hand wrapped around the valve casing and the other two around the third valve slide. On the right hand, your little finger goes under the fourth valve or in the finger hook, and your thumb wherever feels comfortable resting against the first valve casing.

Neither it is a woodwind instrument and has keys.

Do you mean the soprano cornet? This is a brass instrument which has piston valves.

Sting instruments. Unless you're talking about a piano type instrument with vibrating strings.

The whole instrument can, depending on hold and mouth positioning, but mainly the reed.