1. Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Music in Early Childhood Education Discovering Rhythm & Orchestral Instruments

2. Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Music Lab #8 Instruments of the Orchestra Woodwind Family Piccolo Flute Flutes and piccolos are hollow reeds with holes pierced at various intervals that produce different pitches. Ancient Egyptian statues contain replicas of the oldest flutes known. During the seventeenth century, the flute was first used in the orchestra. The piccolo, the smallest instrument in the orchestra, is the flute’s little brother.

3. Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Music Lab #8 Instruments of the Orchestra Woodwind Family The oboe and English horn are reed instruments. They have a mouth piece out of which two reeds project. When the musician blows through these reeds, they vibrate and make a sound. The oboe and English horn are similar, but the English horn is larger than the oboe and has a lower, richer sound. Oboe

4. Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Music Lab #8 Instruments of the Orchestra Woodwind Family Clarinets can be traced back to ancient Greece, Persia, and India. The clarinet of the orchestra was not fully developed until 1840. This version of the instrument is still used today. They are single reed instruments. Instead of blowing through two reeds, the musician blows through a single reed and its mouthpiece.

5. Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Music Lab #8 Instruments of the Orchestra Woodwind Family Bassoons are the tenor of the oboe family. Its ancestor was the bass shawm. Bassoons are double-reed instruments and are played by blowing through two reeds attached to the mouthpiece. The bassoon’s tubing is almost 7½ feet long.

6. Copyright © 2006 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Music Lab #8 Instruments of the Orchestra Woodwind Family Panpipes are hollow reeds of different lengths tied together. They are held together and played by blowing across the reeds.