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Ranges and transpositions: Flute
C4-D7, D4-Bb6, no transposition
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Ranges and transpositions: Piccolo
D4-C7, G4-A6, sounding an octave higher
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Ranges and transpositions: Oboe
Bb3-A6, C4-D6, no transposition
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Ranges and transpositions: English Horn
B3-G6, B3-D6, sounding a 5th lower
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Ranges and transpositions: Bb Clarinet
E3-C7, E3-G6, sounding M2 lower
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Ranges and transpositions: Bass Clarinet (for treble and bass clef conventions)
Eb2-G5, Eb2-E5, sounding M2 lower bass, M9 lower treble
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Ranges and transpositions: Bassoon
Bb1-Eb5, Bb1-Bb4, no transposition
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Ranges and transpositions: Contrabassoon
Bb1-Bb4, Bb1-Eb4, sounding an octave lower
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Ranges and transpositions: Tenor Saxophone
Bb3-F6, sounding M9 lower
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Ranges and transpositions: Alto Saxophone
Bb3-F6, sounding M6 lower
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Ranges and transpositions: Baritone Saxophone.
Bb3-F6, sounding octave and M6 lower
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Names of four instruments in the flute family.
flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo
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Names of two instruments in the oboe family.
oboe, english horn
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Names of four instruments in the clarinet family.
Bb clarinet, A clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet
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Names of two instruments in the bassoon family.
bassoon, contrabassoon
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Names of four instruments in the saxophone family.
Soprano, alto, tenor, bari saxophone
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The most valuable talent of the piccolo.
Its ability to add a brilliant edge to a melodic line
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Double and triple tonguing instruments
flute, alto flute
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The instrument of which Kennan says “is something of a temperamental prima donna”.
Oboe
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The instrument of which Kennan says “its characteristic quality is a relatively neutral one that is apt to be largely absorbed by any other orchestral color it is doubled with.”
Bassoon
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According to Kennan the instrument which is, of all woodwind instruments, the most sensitive in the matter of dynamic range and control.
Clarinet
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The more commonly used instrument between the Bb Clarinet and the A Clarinet.
Bb
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Piccolo registers
- D5-B5 weak, breathy
- C6-C7 brighter, stronger
- D7-G7 brilliant, powerful
- A7-C8 piercing
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Flute registers
- C4-B4 weak, breathy
- C5-C6 brighter, stronger
- D6-A6 brilliant, powerful
- Bb6-D7 piercing
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Alto flute registers
- C4-B4 attractive but easily covered
- C5-C6 brighter, stronger
- D6-A6 less characteristic
- B6-C7 shrill, little use
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Oboe registers
- Bb3-Db4 thick
- D4-G5 reedy, sweet
- A5-Eb6 thinner, less characteristic
- E6-A6 apt to be pinched
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English horn registers
- B3-G4 reedy, intense
- A4-G5 reedy, mellow
- A5-G6 thinner, less characteristic
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Eb clarinet registers
- E3-B4 neutral, inflexible coloristically
- C5-D6 brighter
- E6-C7 shrill
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Clarinet registers
- E3-D4 dark
- E4-B4 neutral
- C5-C6 bright, clear
- D6-G6 shrill
- Ab6-C7 very difficult
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Bass clarinet registers
- Eb2-D3 dark, rich
- E3-B3 full, reedy
- C4-C5 brighter, less characteristic
- D5-G5 strained, "white"
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Bassoon registers
- Bb1-Bb2 dark, full
- C3-C4 neutral
- D4-Bb4 thin, but intense
- B4-Eb5 pinched
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Contrabassoon registers
- Bb1-Bb2 thick, dark
- C3-C4 neutral
- D4-Bb4 seldom used
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Names of the clarinet registers
- Chalumeau - bottom octave
- Middle - E4-C5
- Clarion - C5 and up
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Whether or not it is easy to play pianissimo in the very bottom few notes of the bassoon
Not easy
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The minimum constitution of the woodwind section in a professional orchestra.
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, plus any other as needed
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How to designate which instruments play when two are written on the same staff.
Either indicate it with a small number above the staff or by providing stems in the direction of the desired instrument and rests in the other part
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The notation for tonguing, slurring, soft tonguing, flutter-tonguing.
nothing, slur lines, slur with dots, 3 lines through stem OR just the word flutter tonguing
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The meaning of fp or sfp.
start with a strong attack and then reduce volume immediately
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