The Woodwind Family JHMC 1

What Materials can Woodwind Instruments be Made of?

Instruments of the Woodwind Family

How Do Woodwind Instruments Make Their Sound?

a piece of wood vibrates

End Blown and Transverse Flutes

**How do Woodwind Instruments Change Pitch

flute,piccolo,clarinet,bass clarinet,oboe and bassoon

The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of the effective length of the vibrating column of air. In the case of some wind instruments, sound is produced by blowing through a reed; others require buzzing into a metal mouthpiece.

wood,metal and plastic

the bigger the tube the lower the sound the smaller the tube the bigger the sound

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