1. TWO V3.2: Cracks In Woodwind Instruments An article by Edmund Nielsen giving tips on how to avoid cracks in instruments. http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/TWOboist/TWO.V3.2/cracks.html

Cracks in Woodwind Instruments by Edmund Nielsen Editor's Note: Edmund Nielsen, who has been repairing woodwind instruments for 30 years, operates his own woodwind repair business in Chicago. He is also currently first oboist of the Elmhurst (Illinois) Symphony Orchestra. This article is reprinted from the January issue of the "Instrumentalist" with the kind of permission of the author and the publisher. Cracks in woodwind instruments are caused by neglect. A strong statement? A statement scarcely calculated to win friends? True. But it is based on over 30 years of repair experience. We all worry about those cracks that develop in the upper half of the upper sections of oboes, English horns and clarinets. Over the years, I have repeatedly analyzed this problem and have come to the conclusion that this cracking is the result of allowing the inner fibers of the wood at the bore to expand suddenly and excessively while the outer wood surfaces are in a contracted condition. That we are dealing with an extremely powerful force is demonstrated by the common examples that we can see around us. Who has not seen a sidewalk or a street that has cracked as a result of tree roots which have expanded? Each individual root fiber may be very minute, but when it expands and adds to the stress of the fiber next to it the resultant force is enough to cause the pavement to crack. An even more common example is the way that many wooden doors and windows stick in damp humid weather, but move freely when drier weather returns.

2. The Woodwind Fingering Guide - Online Fingering Charts For Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Comprehensive resource of standard and alternate fingerings, including trill,tremolo, and flattement for common woodwind instruments, tin whistle, http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/

Welcome to The Woodwind Fingering Guide! While you'll probably like to jump straight to the extensive Fingering Charts section, you can also ask and answer questions in the Forum leave or view feedback in the Guestbook share your own fingerings to be added to this site, and check out Past and Future Additions to the site. The Guide even has oboe fingerings software . If you cannot find what you are seeking, try the site map or links pages. Fingering Charts in this site Basic Fingerings Alternate Fingerings Quarter Tone Fingerings Trill Fingerings Tremolo Fingerings Flattement Fingerings Multiphonic Fingerings for many sizes and models of band and orchestral woodwind instruments Flute and Piccolo Oboe and English Horn Clarinet Saxophone ... Bassoon and for several other woodwind instruments Recorder Tin Whistle and Fife Charanga Flute Irish Uilleann Pipes ... Sarrusophone Future Projects Here are some ideas being considered for future and improved fingering charts in this site. If you would be interested in helping by providing original fingerings or fingering descriptions for any of these projects, please

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4. ASW Guide To Historical Woodwind Instruments Discusses makers and types of historic woodwind instruments, beginning with theMedieval period. http://www.aswltd.com/guideww.htm

ASW Guide to Historical Woodwind Instruments Back to Historical Woodwind Index Medieval Woodwind Instruments Renaissance Woodwind Instruments Baroque Woodwind Instruments ... Folk Woodwind Instruments Medieval Woodwind Instruments As with recorders, there are virtually no surviving woodwind instruments from prior to the sixteenth century; modern makers have been most ingenious in creating medieval instruments by extrapolating backwards from later renaissance instruments, incorporating European and folk instrument influences, and using depictions of instruments in paintings and wood and stone carvings as a point of departure. John Hanchet has created a set of five medieval shawms which are smaller and quieter in tone than the later, large bore instruments of the renaissance. They are also narrower in bore and a good deal easier to play than the later shawms. They are an excellent choice for the beginning reed player. We offer a variety of medieval woodwind instruments made by James Furner: gemshorns made from African oxhorn in five sizes, bone flutes, and horn cornetts. Whether windcap instruments per se Back to Top of Page Renaissance Woodwind Instruments In the sixteenth century, instrument makers developed large families of wind instruments from the sparser medieval instrumentarium; most instruments were made in four to eight different sizes and pitches. The taste of the period dictated the performance of music on contrasting choirs of like instruments, as well as in the mixed ensembles more common in the middle ages and in later periods. The palette of wind instrument colors was far more extensive in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries than at any other time in music history. Transverse flutes, of straight cylindrical bore with six open tone holes, were commonly used in alto, tenor, and bass sizes, although most modern makers provide a soprano size as well. Their simple, open sound contrasts well with renaissance recorder tone as well as with the many reed instruments.

5. How Do Woodwind Instruments Work? In woodwind instruments, the effective length is changed by opening and closingfinger For samples of the sounds of the various woodwind instruments, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/woodwind.html

How Do Woodwind Instruments Work? Sound First something about sound. If you put your finger gently on a loudspeaker you will feel it vibrate - if it is playing a low note loudly you can see it moving. When it moves forwards, it compresses the air next to it, which raises its pressure. Some of this air flows outwards, compressing the next layer of air. The disturbance in the air spreads out as a travelling sound wave. Ultimately this sound wave causes a very tiny vibration in your eardrum - but that's another story. Frequency notes, frequencies and MIDI numbers Woodwind Instruments Woodwind instruments have a long, thin column of air. The lowest note is played with all the tone holes closed, when the column is longest. The column is shortened by opening up holes successively, starting from the open end. At the other end there is something that controls air flow: an air jet for the flute family and cane reeds for other woodwinds. We shall look at these elements in turn. The air column. A sound wave can travel down the tube, reflect at one end and come back. It can then reflect at the other end and start over again. For a note in the lowest register of the flute, the round trip constitutes one cycle of the vibration. (In the lowest register of clarinets, two round trips are required: see Flutes vs clarinets ). The longer the tube, the longer the time taken for the round trip, and so the lower the frequency. In woodwind instruments, the effective length is changed by opening and closing finger- holes or keyholes along the side. This is the way pitch is changed within the same register of the instrument: all holes closed gives the lowest note, and opening the holes successively from the bottom end gives a chromatic scale. (The use of simple and cross-fingerings to change the length of the standing wave is discussed in much more detail and with specific examples in

6. Woodwinds Fact woodwind instruments use vibrating air to produce many different musical sounds. Despite their name, they are not all made of wood. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. Musical Acoustics For samples of the sounds of the various woodwind instruments, see An interactiveintroduction to the orchestra. How to tune. Listen carefully to the oboe http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/tuning.html

Tuning woodwinds Introduction How is it that eight or more good woodwind players can sit down in an orchestral section and play out of tune? Sometimes it is because the players don't listen carefully enough. If the section is close to being in tune, then each player can listen and adjust. Other times it's because the section hasn't tuned up carefully enough. If the tuning is generally bad, then there is not much that you can do yourself by listening and adjusting, because you can't simultaneously lip up to match the bassoon and down to match the clarinet. Unless the tuning is reasonably close to start with, it will just be uncomfortable to play no matter what you do. Some of the advice given here is common sense, some is orchestral tradition and a tiny part of it has the authority of my professional expertise in musical acoustics. I don't claim to have a great ear, nor to play always in tune, but I have thought about it and tried to improve the tuning of sections in which I've played. Suggestions appreciated. Rehearsals Arrive early so that you can warm up before you go on stage (particularly Oboe 1). Bring a pencil so that you can put up and down arrows above notes (along with other markings) on your part.

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9. Woodwind Instruments woodwind instruments. Flute Piccolo Clarinet Saxophone Recorder Oboe Bassoon Index Musical instruments HyperPhysics***** Sound Go Back. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/music/woodwind.html

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11. Woodwind Instruments Most woodwind instruments are tubes that are (or were long ago) made from The length of a woodwind instrument’s tube is related to the pitch produced. http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/instruments/woodwind.html

Woodwind Instruments In the orchestras of Western art music, there are four main groups of instruments: strings, percussion, brass, and woodwinds. Woodwinds often play together with all the other instruments of the orchestra, but they also get to play solos in the orchestra, unlike most of the string players. Concert bands have woodwinds, brass, and percussion only, no strings. Most woodwind instruments are tubes that are (or were long ago) made from wood, and players blow their "wind," or breath, into them to make sounds. Some woodwinds are conical, or cone-shaped—the tube starts small and gets bigger along the way to the end. Other woodwinds are cylindrical, or cylinder-shaped—the size of the tube stays about the same from one end to the other, like a paper-towel tube. Woodwind instruments make sounds in different ways. Five families of instruments make up the woodwind section: flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon. Here is a look at each family and how its instruments produce sound. The Flute Family People have enjoyed playing the flute for at least 5,000 years. Most modern flutes are made of metal because metal helps them to sound louder in today’s big concert halls. Sound is produced on a flute the same way it is on a whistle. When the player’s breath hits the hole on the top of the mouthpiece of the flute, the air stream splits in two and makes a whistling sound. Flute players need to be able to hold a lot of air in their lungs. They also need to control the escape of all that air. This is called "breath control." It takes good breath control to play the flute.

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