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Playing some wind instruments, in particular those involving high breath pressure resistance, produce increases in intraocular pressure, which has been linked to glaucoma as a potential health risk. One 2011 study focused on brass and woodwind instruments observed "temporary and sometimes dramatic elevations and fluctuations in IOP". [ 12 ]
The name lur is used for two distinct types of ancient wind instruments. The more recent type is made of wood and was in use in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages . The older type, named after the more recent type, is made of bronze , dates to the Bronze Age and was often found in pairs, deposited in bogs , mainly in Denmark and Germany .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments ...
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 ...
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A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon). Unlike the string quartet (of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre .
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Students learning cornet music were encouraged to play in the "diminuative", looking at sheet music and adapting it by creating runs of fast notes to replace long slow notes in written works. [ 19 ] The book ( Il Vero Modo Di Diminuir , 1584) by cornett virtoso Girolamo Dalla Casa focused on tone, tonguing and divisions to make the cornett ...