People with moderate musical knowledge can readily distinguish woodwind instruments from valve or brass instruments. However, the woodwind family itself encompasses a vast number of instruments with...
Category: Flutes
Flute pads are prone to damage and hardened over time, and you may be asking if there is a possibility of fixing a brittle or hard pad to prolong its lifespan and skip a cumbersome and costly...
Flutes and recorders are very close relatives in the woodwind family, but they are also very different once you start detailing many of their features. What are the differences between flute and...
For those wishing to master a musical instrument, a concern that may often pop up is whether the instrument in question is easy for them or not. If you're reading this, you may have heard that the...
You've probably heard of muted trumpets and trombones. Mutes have been used extensively on brass instruments, not only for rehearsals or for practicing but even during live gigs, and they're very...
Some woodwinds are hardly made of wood nowadays, even though they were designed to be built initially with that material. Flutes are a prominent example of these. Despite this, they're still...