Reed instruments like the clarinet and saxophone make sound thanks to a cane or wooden reed that is placed up

against a mouthpiece usually made of hard rubber or metal. The reed

then vibrates and that's where the sound comes from. However, double reed

instruments like the oboe, the English horn, horn and the bassoon make sound with two reeds

placed back to back that's why they sound so very different woodwinds man it's a whole thing The And the Welcome to Strong Songs, a Podcasts, a Podcasts, about Music. My name is Kirk Hamilton, and as always, I'm so glad that you to join me to talk about music. My name is Kirk Hamilton and as always I'm so glad that you

join me to talk about music made by single reads and double reads and triple and

quadruple reads. Here at Strong Songs we believe you can never have too many

reads. We've got a very highly requested and very strong

song for you this episode so kick back turn up the volume and enjoy the show. I've always thought that it's interesting how many different types of

instruments are categorized as woodwinds. All of the instruments that I

mentioned in that intro are woodwinds. The saxophone is a woodwind, the clarinet is a woodwind, the double

reeds, like the oboe and the bassoon, and the English horn of all woodwinds. Also the flute is a woodwind,

which you blow across a flute, you know, kind of like blowing across a co bottle or something to make a sound, so the flute doesn't have a read at all, yet it's still a woodwind.

Compared to brass instruments like the trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, those all use a cup mouthpiece that you buzz into,

bhpph, you make that kind of a sound, sorry not much of a brass player, but they all kind of

make their tone the same way. Woodwinds are so much more varied and I think that's why

woodwind instruments and woodwind sections tend to have you know such a more

varied sound and the brass has a kind of a unified strong sound. It's a cool

distinction between the two kinds of wind instruments

that typically feature in wind ensembles and orchestras and always something

that I have valued particularly being a women player myself. This episode song

actually features a double read, an obo solo. It's

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