wind instruments

Flutes and oboes

Wind instruments are musical instruments played by blowing air through them—flutes, clarinets, trumpets, tubas, and the like.

The category divides into woodwinds (where air vibrates against an edge or reed) and brass (where the player's lips vibrate into a mouthpiece).

She plays several wind instruments but prefers the oboe.

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clarinets · brass section · bagpipes · oboe · shawm · piccolo · pan flute · penny whistle · trumpet · trombone · saxophone · bugle · didgeridoo · breath · reed · mouthpiece · circular breathing · air

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sound production method

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Music makers with tensioned filaments

percussion instruments · stringed instruments · player piano · drums · piano

electronic vs. acoustic

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Electrically powered musical devices

synthesizers · electronic music · drum machines · samplers · theremin

physical engagement type

wind instrumentshand percussion

Instruments played by striking directly

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