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- Bassoon (11661 bytes)
6: ... flared slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
20: ...difficult opening solo in [[The Rite of Spring]] only ascending to the D. Low A at the bottom of the r...
30: ...ment. The very tip of a reed blade is frequently only 0.1 mm thick.
39: ...h control through the use of breath support and [[embouchure]]. Players are also able to use alternate fingeri... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
12: ...inet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large orchestras and bands rather than s...
15: ...ve high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particular dramatic or s...
20: ...e material|composite]] or plastic [[resin]], commonly "resonite", an [[Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene...
22: ...keys is called the [[Oehler system]] and is used only in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] (see History).
24: ...e instrument and flares out to spread the tone evenly. - Cor anglais (2674 bytes)
7: ..., as is the difficulty of maintaining a correct [[embouchure]]. One professional player has compared playing ...
9: ... reed players, cor anglais players must have not only a strong instrumental technique but also good ma... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...musical instrument]] of the [[woodwind]] family. Unlike other wind instruments, a flute produces its s...
33: ...yers select their instrument's resonant mode with embouchure and breath control, much as brass players do.
38: ...which is closed at the top. Near the top is the ''embouchure hole'', which the player blows against. The flute...
40: ...to reach the B directly below middle C. Also commonly used in [[orchestra]]s is the ''piccolo'', a sma...
48: ... G-key (previously offset in student models and inline in professional models) may or may not be movi... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...s called an [[oboist]]. Careful manipulation of [[embouchure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a...
9: ...ges in pitch are also possible by adjusting the [[embouchure]].
13: ... (staple). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭...
22: ...te and saxophone. The modern Oboe mechanism is mainly of two types: (a) the French conservatoire syste... - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
6: ...ccolo. Though the fingerings are the same, the [[embouchure]] and other differences do require a separate eff... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...the recorder -- but we could hardly call this an "embouchure". This is similar to the functioning of the ances...
3: ...rto]] in G major (though [[Thurston Dart]] mistakenly suggested that it was intended for [[Tin whistle...
11: ...the base note. This note is either absent or can only be played by covering the end of the instrument,... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
3: ... in the mid-[[1840s]]. The saxophone is most commonly associated with [[popular music]], [[big band]] ...
14: ... the [[oboe]] than to the [[clarinet]]. However, unlike the [[oboe]], whose tube is a single cone, mos...
16: ...le fingering system, the modern saxophone is commonly considered an easy instrument to learn, especial...
25: ...le high baffles (and the resulting tone) are commonly associated with metal mouthpieces, any mouthpiec...
30: ...trument, or say they would consider them for use only in a context such as a marching band. On the ot... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
1: ...i]], showing its ''utaguchi'' (blowing edge) and inlay ]]
32: ...d permit the playing of shakuhachi again, it was only as an accompanying instrument to the [[koto]], [...
48: ...azz]] and rock music, especially after being commonly shipped as a "preset" instrument on various synt...
53: * [[embouchure]] - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
41: ...tural''' brass instruments, where the player can only play notes in the instrument's [[harmonic series...
74: ...imply by varying the tension of their lips (see [[embouchure]]). Brass players call each harmonic a "partial".
76: ...tyles of mouthpiece may be used to suit different embouchures, or to more easily produce certain tonal charact... - Conch (4541 bytes)
40: ...] in shell playing is critical. Most shells will only naturally play one note, but with pitch manipula... - Cornett (5160 bytes)
10: ...et mouthpiece ground down on a [[lathe]] so that only the cup and a minimal stub which fits the cornet...
22: ...no modern instrument; that is, the main tube has only the length of a typical woodwind, but the mouthp...
26: ...of its design, the cornett requires a specialized embouchure that is very tiring to play for any length of tim... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
6: Compared to the other brass instruments commonly found in the [[orchestra]], the typical range of...
12: ...the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was to use the natural [...
21: ...stinctions a player had to make with his or her [[embouchure]] from note to note became increasingly precise. ...
23: ...e higher, brighter tones of the B-flat horn (commonly called "sides"). In the words of [[Reginald Mor...
28: ... E-flat) are increasingly popular for works that only use the upper and upper-middle registers of the ... - Trombone (15819 bytes)
12: ...refer to the earlier form of the instrument, commonly used in early music ensembles.
28: ...w the [[bass clef]] staff is impossible to play, unless the F attachment is tuned to E.
58: ...a small minority (often former trumpeters whose [[embouchure]]s are more suitable to lower-ranged instruments ...
69: ...s required, but for higher notes the player need only use four or fewer positions of the slide, since ...
73: The trombone (unlike most brass instruments) is not normally a [[tr... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
19: ...se of the smaller mouthpiece size, the player's [[embouchure]] is affected much more severely than when playin...
28: ...g was a guarded craft, its instruction occurring only within highly selective [[guild|guilds]]. The tr...
50: ... the embouchure (muscles of the face). Some commonly accepted ways to do this are:
52: ...tongue. Tonguing a note is a large change in the embouchure and air, which requires the development of contro...
53: ...uthpiece''': playing exercises on the mouthpiece only, without the trumpet. Without the resonating ch... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
9: Unlike most free-reed instruments (such as [[organ (m...
19: The harmonica is commonly used in [[blues]] and [[folk music]], but
37: Because they are only designed to be played in a single key at a time,
49: ...re are 3 octaves between 1 and 10 blow, there is only one full major scale available on the harmonica,...
54: players can play other notes by adjusting their [[embouchure]] and forcing
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