WIND INSTRUMENTS

WIND INSTRUMENTS

1. The sound is produced by the vibration of the air column inside the tube of the instrument

   • WOODWING
     • They can have three different kinds of mouthpiece
       • Fipple
         • The air vibrates when it is blown against the lip of the fipple, producing the sounds
           • EXAMPLES: The recorder and the flaute
       • Single reed
         • It is a thin and flexible cane that vibrates when is is blown
           • EXAMPLES: The clarinet and the saxophone
       • Double reed
         • The sound is produced by the vibration of two redds or canes
           • EXAMPLES: the oboe or the bassoon
   • BRASS
     • It is a musical insrtument made of metal materials such as brass. It is an instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the player´s lips into an embouchure, in order to play, the performes put the lips against the mouthpiece and when they bow, their lips vibrate like a double reed
       • EXAPLES: The trumpet, the french horn, the trombone and the tuba

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