Characteristics of Woodwind Instruments
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Drunken_Musician on September 9, 2010
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| Flute |  Soprano voice of the woodwind family; tone is cool and velvety in the low register, brilliant in the upper register; is often a melody instrument; offers the performer great versatility in playing rapid repeated notes, scales, and trills |
| Piccolo | Flute's "kissing cousin"; highest pitched instrument in the orchestra; tone is shrill in upper register |
| Oboe | Tone is nasally and reedy; traditionally sounds the tuning note for the other instruments in the orchestra |
| English Horn | Oboe's "kissing cousin"; has a soft, expressive tone |
| Clarinet | Smooth, liquid tone; has a remarkably wide range in pitch and volume; easy command of rapid scales, trills, and repeated notes |
| Bass Clarinet | Clarinet's "kissing cousin"; one octave lower in range than the clarinet; dark rich tone; wide dynamic range |
| Bassoon | Tone is weighty in the low register and reedy and intense in the upper register; hollow sounding staccato; capable of wide leaps that can sound humorous |
| Contrabassoon | Bassoon's "kissing cousin"; produces the lowest tone of the woodwinds; supplies a foundation for the harmony in the woodwind section |
| Saxophone | Most recent of the woodwind instruments; invented in 1840 by Adolphe sax; characteristic instrument of the jazz band |
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