Woodwind Flashcards
What does the woodwind family contain?
Oboes, clarinets bassoons and flutes.
What was different about the instruments in past compared to now?
They were all wood in the past whereas nowadays they can be made out of metal like the Flute.
What do you have to do to allow the instruments to work?
Blow them
What are the woodwind family like?
The hey are like magical spirits but they can be full of fury.
What does their sound do ?
Their sound leaps, twists and twirls.
What else can they do?
They can play delicately and make the most beautiful melodies.
What pitch is the woodwind family?
It can go from really high to really, really low.
What is the highest instrument in the woodwind family?
The piccolo which is part of the flute family.
What is the lowest instrument?
It is the Contrabassoon, it growls and rumbles even lower than the double basses.
What is in between the piccolo-contrabassoon?
Oboes, Clarinets they are like bassons .
How are Oboes and clarinets like bassoons?
Because to make their sound, they have to be blown through a bamboo cane shaped into a reed.
What size is they piccolo ?
Half the size of a flute.
What were ancient flutes made from?
Animal bones such as swan, vulture and mammoth tusk.
What types of music is the flute involved in?
Jazz, folk and orchestral.
What is a person who plays the flute called ?
A Flautist
How are oboes like bassoons?
Because they need a double reed to produce sound
How long have oboes been used in the Orchestra for?
About 400 years
How many different sizes of oboes are there?
6
Give an example of the different sizes of Oboes…
Oboe d’amorce which means the Oboe if love.
What are oboe reeds made from?What is that ?
They are made from cane which is a type of grass.
What types of music is the clarinet involved in?
Jazz, folk, and orchestral.
What are the pads underneath the clarinet made from?
‘Fish skin’ which is actually the intestine os a sheep or cow.
How many parts is there to the clarinet?
7
What are you called if you play the Clarinet?
A Clarinettist
