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  2. Wind instrument - Wikipedia

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    Erke, wind instrument of Argentina. A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by ...

  3. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)

  4. Woodwind instrument - Wikipedia

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    Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments. Common examples include flute , clarinet , oboe , bassoon , and saxophone . There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments (otherwise called reed pipes).

  5. List of woodwind instruments - Wikipedia

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    Alboka (Basque Country, Spain); Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations); Aulochrome; Chalumeau; Clarinet. Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet; Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)

  6. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The recorder was one of the most important wind instruments of the Renaissance, and many instruments dating to the sixteenth century survive, including some matched consorts. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] This period also produced the first extant books describing the recorder, including the treatises of Virdung (1511), Agricola (1529), Ganassi (1535), Cardano ...

  7. Family of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Aeolian Instrument family; The keyboard family can also be referenced, though it is not an authentic instrument family. Rather, it is a common design format for instrument interfaces. There are many types of instruments in the keyboard family, such as string, brass (and other metals), woodwind, percussion, electronic, digital, idiophone, and more.

  8. Wind instruments could cause lung disease - AOL

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    A mysterious death has led doctors to issue a strong warning for anyone who plays a wind instrument. When a 61-year-old man died in 2014 from a mysterious illness, doctors at the University ...

  9. Nadaswaram - Wikipedia

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    It is a wind instrument partially similar to the North Indian shehnai, but much longer, with a hardwood body, and a large flaring bell made of wood or metal. In South Indian culture, the nadasvaram is considered to be very auspicious, and it is a key musical instrument played in almost all Hindu weddings and temples of the South Indian ...