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MUSIC
Woodwind

instruments

Bell
WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS ARE wind instruments
that are generally made of wood, although some
are made of metal or plastic. The sound of a
woodwind instrument is produced by the
vibration of air in a hollow tube. The air Double Bell
reed joint
is made to vibrate by blowing across a
blow hole—as in the flute and piccolo— Cylindrical,
metal tube
or by blowing through a single reed—
as in the clarinet and saxophone— Curved
or a double reed—as in the crook Double reed
Conical,
bassoon, cor anglais, and
wooden
oboe. The pitch of a tube
Tenor Key
woodwind instrument joint
Body
can be changed by joint
opening or closing Crook
holes cut into
Conical,
the tube of wooden tube Blow
the instrument. Key Upper hole Head
Bass joint joint joint
Lip
plate Foot
PICCOLO joint
Double reed
Key
Finger
Right-hand
rest Cork hole
Mouthpiece with
Key Upper single reed
Butt joint
Key Ligature
Key
Middle joint
Barrel
joint
Middle joint Body joint
Cylindrical,
metal
tube Cylindrical,
BASSOON Finger wooden tube
hole
Upper
Bell joint joint
Conical, Key
wooden Lip plate Head joint
tube
Bulb-shaped
bell
COR ANGLAIS Blow hole
FLUTE
Bell joint Middle joint
Bell joint
Flared bell
OBOE Flared bell CLARINET

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