wind section
Orchestra's breath players
The wind section is the part of an orchestra or band comprising instruments played by blowing air—flutes, clarinets, oboes, trumpets, trombones, and the like.
It divides into woodwinds and brass.
In a musical score, passages for these instruments are the wind section: The wind section carries the melody in the second movement.
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
- fluteTube blown sideways
- concert bandWoodwind, brass, percussion ensemble
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- oboeTwin-reed wind instrument
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- Wind Ensembleswoodwind ensemble, brass quintet, brass ensemble, concert band, symphonic band
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- orchestrassymphony orchestra, chamber orchestra, philharmonic, string ensemble, sinfonietta
- woodwindsclarinet, oboe, flute, bassoon, piccolo
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Bowed instrument ensemble
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Thin flexible lines
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