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- What key are wind instruments in?
- What are the 5 wind instruments?
- Why do horn players like flat keys?
- Which instrument is wind instrument?
What key are wind instruments in?
(Playing written C, incidentally, produces the sounding pitch for which an instrument is named: Playing “C” on a B♭ clarinet produces a sounding B♭, “C” on an A clarinet produces a sounding A, and so forth.)
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Three-hole.
| System | Flute key name | Notated D sounds as |
|---|---|---|
| Three-hole | B♭ | F |
What are the 5 wind instruments?
Types
- Brass instruments (horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas)
- Woodwind instruments (recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons)
Why do horn players like flat keys?
G, E and A which are probably the most common rock keys. Similarly, the reason jazz is mostly written with flats is because jazz often uses horns and it's easier to play a horn in flat keys because they are transposing instruments (pitched in Bb and Eb).
Which instrument is wind instrument?
a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
