woodwind instrument

Flutes are a reedless exception. This topic is part of Instruments within Music. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.

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Woodwind instruments typically produce sound with vibrating air and often what?

Answer: Reeds

Bonus fact: Flutes are a reedless exception.

Which of these is a woodwind instrument?

Answer: Clarinet

Bonus fact: The clarinet uses a single reed.

Which orchestral woodwind does not use a reed?

Answer: Flute

Bonus fact: The flute creates sound from air blown across an opening.

Which woodwind instrument was invented by Adolphe Sax and patented in Paris in 1846?

Answer: Saxophone

Bonus fact: Yamaha notes that Adolphe Sax conceived the instrument in the 1840s.

Which woodwind instrument is generally said to have been invented by Johann Christoph Denner at the start of the eighteenth century?

Answer: Clarinet

Bonus fact: Yamaha identifies the chalumeau as an important predecessor of the clarinet.

Which woodwind instrument usually uses a single reed and is often black?

Answer: Clarinet

Bonus fact: The clarinet has a single-reed mouthpiece.

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