Alto Flute: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Alto Saxophone: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Baritone Saxophone: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Bass Clarinet: Brief Description — Vienna Symphony Library
“As is evident from the name, the bass clarinet is the bass instrument of the clarinet family. It has been used to provide the bass voice in the orchestra woodwind section since the middle of the 19th century, a role it shares with the bassoon. The bass clarinet is appreciated for its expressive timbre, which is often poetically described as ”dark velvet”.“
Bass Clarinet: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Bass Clarinet: The Orchestra Up Close — Orchestre Métropolitain
“Part of the woodwind family, the bass clarinet has the deepest sound of the clarinet family. The instrument is so big that it must be supported by a floor peg.”
Bassoon: Instrumentation Series — David Newman
“David Newman explains the role of the Bassoon and Contrabassoon in film music in comparison to concert music.”
Bassoon: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Bassoon: Multiphonics for Modern Bassoon — Leslie Ross
“With several recordings of each multiphonic and using a couple of different reeds, an attempt was made to note some of the most prominent repeatable frequencies present in these tones. They are much more complex and variable than what is transcribed here and it is precisely their richness and complexity that is what is most appealing about them.”
Bassoon: Playing Techniques — MVSH Band Program
Student Instrument Guide and Technique Assignment for the bassoon.
Bassoon: The Orchestra: A User's Manual — Andrew Hugill
“The aim of The Orchestra: A User's Manual is to provide information about the orchestra, orchestration, composition and instruments, for the benefit of anybody with an interest in the subject.”
Clarinet: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Clarinet: Spectral Analysis — Vashawn Arora
“For this project, I will conduct spectral analysis of Bb clarinet multiphonics and other extended techniques and create an online resource to encourage a productive discourse regarding a pedagogical/educational and conceptual outlet for contemporary techniques.”
Clarinet: The Orchestra: A User's Manual — Andrew Hugill
“The aim of The Orchestra: A User's Manual is to provide information about the orchestra, orchestration, composition and instruments, for the benefit of anybody with an interest in the subject.”
Contra-alto Clarinet: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Contrabassoon: Brief Description — VSL
“The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon, is the contrabass instrument in the woodwind section and, together with the contrabass tuba, the deepest instrument in the orchestra.”
Contrabassoon: Instrumentation Series — David Newman
“David Newman explains the role of the Bassoon and Contrabassoon in film music in comparison to concert music.”
Contrabassoon: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Contrabassoon: Playing Techniques — VSL
“The contrabassoon is ideally suited to solemn passages because the full sound is slow to develop. On the other hand it exhibits surprising agility in staccato sequences, and is certainly more agile in the low register than the other bass (and contrabass) instruments.”
Eb Clarinet: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
English horn: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Flute: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Flute: The Orchestra: A User's Manual — Andrew Hugill
“The aim of The Orchestra: A User's Manual is to provide information about the orchestra, orchestration, composition and instruments, for the benefit of anybody with an interest in the subject.”
Oboe: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Oboe: The Orchestra: A User's Manual — Andrew Hugill
“The aim of The Orchestra: A User's Manual is to provide information about the orchestra, orchestration, composition and instruments, for the benefit of anybody with an interest in the subject.”
Oboe — A Brief History of the Oboe — Danny Cruz
“The oboe is a staple of Western art music and the most distinct solo sound in the orchestra, but cultures around the world have been using soprano double reed instruments for music production for millennia.”
Oboe — Baroque oboe — Grinnel College
Grinnel College Musical Instrument Collection
“The Baroque oboe is an end-blown conical-bore double-reed aerophone in use in Europe since the 17th century. The replica Baroque oboe pictured and discussed on this page is modeled on surviving instruments from roughly 1690-1790.”
Oboe — Shawm — Grinnel College
Grinnel College Musical Instrument Collection
“The shawm in use in Europe during the Medieval and Renaissance periods is an end-blown conical-bore double-reed aerophone. The instrument pictured here is a modern replica of shawms used in the 14th century or earlier, as reconstructed from iconographic sources.”
Piccolo: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Piccolo: The Orchestra Up Close — Orchestre Métropolitain
“Only half the size of a regular flute, it is the highest instrument of the entire orchestra, bringing brilliance and vibrancy. It is easy to discern its high timbre even when the orchestra plays “tutti”, meaning everyone together at once.”
Piccolo Flute: Beginner Guide — Music & Arts
“Although the mechanism and fingerings are the same, the piccolo is quite different than the flute and it should be approached as a separate instrument. As the highest voice in the ensemble, the piccolo is often exposed, adding color to the texture and should be played with confidence.”
Piccolo Flute: Encyclopedia Britannica
“Piccolo, (Italian: “small flute”) in full flauto piccolo, highest-pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and military bands. It is a small transverse (horizontally played) flute of conical or cylindrical bore, fitted with Boehm-system keywork and pitched an octave higher than the ordinary concert flute.”
Saxophone: The Orchestra: A User's Manual — Andrew Hugill
“The aim of The Orchestra: A User's Manual is to provide information about the orchestra, orchestration, composition and instruments, for the benefit of anybody with an interest in the subject.”
Soprano Saxophone: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher
Tenor Saxophone: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears — Jacobs School of Music
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears, by Don Freund, site designed by Reid Merzbacher