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Name: Wind Instruments: Some Basics
ID: m12364
Language: English (en)
Summary: For middle school and up, some terms that are useful to know when discussing aerophones (wind instruments).
Subject: Arts
Keywords: bell, bore, brass, conical instruments, cylindrical instruments, double-reed, embouchure, keys, mouthpiece, overblow, reed, single-reed, valves, wind, woodwind
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 1.8 (history)
Created: Jun 2, 2004 1:34 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jul 25, 2005 1:25 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.8 Jul 25, 2005 1:25 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
rewrote section on materials
Version: 1.7 Jan 28, 2005 2:05 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Expanded info on mouthpieces and added links.
Version: 1.6 Jan 7, 2005 12:10 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added info on mouthpieces and updated links
Version: 1.5 Nov 15, 2004 2:23 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added: spit valves, double tongue, triple tongue, flutter tongue.
Version: 1.4 Oct 28, 2004 2:55 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added a paragraph about overblowing.
Version: 1.3 Oct 20, 2004 3:22 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added Materials section, and added some info about tonguing and fingering.
Version: 1.2 Sep 15, 2004 2:47 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added more info, and an animation, about valves.
Version: 1.1 Aug 27, 2004 1:02 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New Module

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