Wind instruments

A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator  (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece  set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of the effective length of the vibrating column of air. In the case of some wind instruments, sound is produced by blowing through a reed; others require buzzing into a metal mouthpiece Wind instruments require a person to blow into the instrument in order to produce the desired sound. They work on the principle of sound waves, frequencies, harmonics, resonance and acoustics. When you blow into the instrument, the pitch of the sound note produced, varies depending on the length of the internal air column in which the sound waves vibrate. The shorter the air column, the higher is the pitch of the note produced, and vice-versa. Some of the popular wind instruments are:

    * flute
    * piccolo
    * shakuhachi
    * clarinet
    * bassoon
    * english horn
    * oboe
    * accordion
    * saxophone
    * shehnai
    * bagpipe
    * pianica
    * harmonica.

A Yamaha piccolo.

Flute