Title: What is a Woodwind Instrument?
Headings: What is a Woodwind Instrument?
What is a Woodwind Instrument?
Clarinet
Flute
Piccolo
Saxophone
Oboe
Bassoon
Music & Arts

Content: Clarinet
The clarinet, a single-reed instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, was heavily favored by Mozart. In fact, he featured the clarinet in several solos throughout his compositions. Due to its sheer versatility, the clarinet is featured in genres that range from classical and jazz to military and marching bands. Closely associated with early jazz and Dixieland music, the clarinet quickly became a staple of Big Band and Swing music. Included in the clarinet family are soprano, bass, B flat, and E flat clarinets- each producing a slightly different sound. Flute
Thought to be the very first musical instrument, the flute creates a slightly higher sound than that of the clarinet. Pitched in the key of C with a range of three octaves, concert flutes are one of the most common instruments in an orchestra. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, the flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound by the flow of air across an opening. Although flutes were rarely featured in early jazz music, the instrument has gradually found its way into Big Band, jazz, and even classic rock music. Piccolo
Italian for “small”, the piccolo is essentially a small flute, with sound produced the same way as a regular-sized flute except an octave higher.