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  2. Oboe - Wikipedia

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    Oboe reeds. The oboe (/ ˈoʊboʊ / OH-boh) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites.

  3. 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). The main distinction between these instruments and other ...

  4. 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) Soprano clarinet. Saxonette.

  5. Cor anglais - Wikipedia

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    The cor anglais (UK: / ˌkɔːr ˈɒŋɡleɪ /, US: /- ɑːŋˈɡleɪ / [1][2] or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ]; [3] plural: cors anglais), or English horn (in North American English), is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto oboe ...

  6. Shawm - Wikipedia

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    Shawm. The shawm (/ ʃɔːm /) is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance periods, after which it was gradually eclipsed by the oboe family of descendant instruments in classical music.

  7. Wind quintet - Wikipedia

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    The Prague Wind Quintet, c. 1931. 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 ...

  8. Single-reed instrument - Wikipedia

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    A single-reed instrument is a woodwind instrument that uses only one reed to produce sound. The very earliest single-reed instruments were documented in ancient Egypt, as well as the Middle East, Greece, and the Roman Empire. [1] [page needed] The earliest types of single-reed instruments used idioglottal reeds, where the vibrating reed is a ...

  9. Bass oboe - Wikipedia

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    Contrabass oboe. The bass oboe or baritone oboe is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family. It is essentially twice the size of a regular (soprano) oboe so it sounds an octave lower; it has a deep, full tone somewhat akin to that of its higher-pitched cousin, the English horn. The bass oboe is notated in the treble clef, sounding one ...

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