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INSTRUMENTS

• Piccolo

• Flute

• Oboe

• Clarinet

• Bassoon

• Cor Anglais

STRUCTURE OF INSTRUMENTS

INSTRUMENT RANGE:

• Flute: The standard range of the Western concert flute extends three octaves. Its lowest note is C4 (middle C). The flute's highest note is C7 in most cases, but some advanced players can push the upper limit to F7 or even higher.

• Piccolo: The piccolo sounds an octave higher than the concert flute, ranging from C5 to C8.

• Oboe: The range of the oboe is B3-Gb6.

• Clarinet: has 4 ranges1. The chalumeau range on the modern

clarinet is known as the low range. It goes from a low e to chromatic f#.

2. Throat tones – open g to b-flat/a#.3. Clarion – b to high c4. Altissimo – high c# up to the highest high c

INSTRUMENTS RANGE

• Bassoon: The bassoon's range is Bb1 to E5

• Saxophone: The range for the alto saxophone is from the D-flat below middle C going up to an octave above middle C, and up to the A-flat above that.

• Cor Anglais: Low A to High C.

HISTORY OF THE WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

The Flute: Although many variations have been created, the flute originated over 30,000 years ago. The very first one was found in a cave in northern France. It was reportedly made of bone.

The Piccolo: the piccolo trumpet was invented in 1890 by Victor Charles Mahillon, a Belgium instrument maker.

Oboe: The oboe was invented by Michel Philidor and Jacques Hotteterre in France in the 17th century.

Clarinet: The clarinet descended from an older instrument called the chalumeau. Johann Christoph Denner around 1690 added the register key to the chalumeau and is credited as inventing the clarinet by adding this key.

HISTORY OF WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

Bassoon: The origin of the bassoon dates back at least 500 years to France. A basic version of the modern bassoon was invented in France and it quickly spread throughout western Europe. It was known as the French bassoon. Later on in the early 1800's, the German bassoon was contrived.

Saxophone: It was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1840 in Belgium.

Cor Anglais: The English Horn was first played by musicians during the medieval times.

PLAYERS OF WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

•FLUTE: FAMOUS PLAYERS OF THE FLUTE INCLUDE IAN ANDERSON WHO IS RECOGNISED AS THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED THE FLUTE TO ROCK MUSIC. A FAMOUS TRADITIONAL FLUTE PLAYER IS MATT MOLLOY WHO WAS A MEMBER OF ‘THE BOTHY BAND’. •PICCOLO: A FAMOUS PICCOLO PLAYER IS HENRI MANCINI•OBOE: SOME FAMOUS OBOE PLAYERS ARE JOHN MACK, HANSJORG SCHELLENBURGER, JOHN DELANCIE AND MARCEL TABUTEAU.•CLARINET: FAMOUS JAZZ CLARINET PLAYERS INCLUDE PETE FOUNTAIN, ACKER BILK, ARTIE SHAW, AND EDDIE DANIELS.•BASSOON: A FAMOUS BASSOON PLAYER IS RAINN WILSON WHO IS AN ACTOR IN COMEDY SERIES ‘THE OFFICE’.•SAXOPHONE: CHARLIE ‘BIRD’ PARKER, JOHN COLTRANE, AND STAN GETZ ARE FAMOUS SAXOPHONE PLAYERS WHO WERE CONSIDERED GREAT ICONS OF THEIR TIME..

POPULAR PIECES

• The pink panther theme song.

• Composed by Henry Mancini.

• The melody was played by the flute.

• Piano played accompaniment

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ls1SDkl674