Timeline for How to technically differentiate between wind instrument types (definition)
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| Jan 29, 2014 at 8:07 | vote | accept | SysDragon | ||
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| Jan 28, 2014 at 8:31 | comment | added | Tim | I don't believe so. Some have parallel tube shapes inside, some conical. Most have a bell, but the sound of a flute comes from the mouthpiece area.Generally a brass instrument will sound harsher than one made from wood- the french horn being an exception - that's why it's 'allowed' into the woodwind (wind) quintet. | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 8:10 | comment | added | SysDragon | Does then the shape or the sound produced of the instrument has anything to do about its clasification? | |
| Jan 27, 2014 at 16:56 | comment | added | PLL | As per @Carl’s answer, while recorders and flutes don’t have a separate reed, they do still have an edge which air is blown over to produce the oscillations — from an acoustic point of view, they have something equivalent to a reed. | |
| Jan 27, 2014 at 13:31 | history | answered | Tim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |