woodwind

wood·​wind ˈwu̇d-ˌwind. 1. : one of a group of musical instruments including flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and sometimes saxophones compare brass instrument, percussion instrument, stringed instrument. 2. plural : the woodwind instruments of a band or orchestra.

Woodwinds are a type of musical instrument that make their sound when a musician blows air into or across the mouthpiece. They get their name from the fact that most of them were once made of wood. Today many are made of other materials such as metal or plastic.

The oboe meaning and origins are derived from the hautbois, which means "high, loud wood" or "high-pitched woodwind instrument" in French. The oboe is a conical bored double reed instrument with a wooden body and metal keys.

The string family uses string vibration, the woodwind family uses reed and air vibration, the brass family uses lip vibration and the percussion family contains instruments that are struck or shaken to make vibration.

The constant and conscious inhalation and exhalation demanded by woodwind instruments will give more than your lungs and diaphragm a workout. The action will force you to use your core muscles. Some wind instruments require an incredibly high airspeed, too, encouraging you to engage your abdominal muscles even more.

There are two types of Woodwinds: the Flute and the Reed instruments, even though all them produce the sound by blowing them.

Flute - Oboe - Clarinet - Bassoon - Saxophone - Recorder Originally exclusively made of "wood," the instruments in this family are played by blowing "wind" into the mouthpiece; hence, the very clever name "woodwinds".

Despite nowadays it is made of metal or precious metal, it belongs to the Woodwind family because originally it was made of wood. The cylindrical body contains most of the tone holes and the keywork. The flute player produce the sound by blowing into the embouchure hole.

percussion instruments When the strings vibrate, they produce sound. On a piano, however, those vibrations are initiated by hammers hitting the strings rather than by plucking or by moving a bow across them. So, the piano also falls into the realm of percussion instruments.

Woodwind instruments (clarinet, oboe) – Air is blown across the reed attached to the mouthpiece of the instrument, vibrating the air down the tube of the instrument to produce sounds. Different notes are produced by covering or opening holes in the instrument tube, changing the reed, and size of the instrument tube.

In high schools, woodwinds are just as important as any other instrument, being able to add flourishes and round out the sound in ways that brass instruments can't.

The main distinction between these instruments and other wind instruments is the way in which they produce sound. All woodwinds produce sound by splitting the air blown into them on a sharp edge, such as a reed or a fipple. Despite the name, a woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood.