The modern Woodwind family consists of recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and saxophones. No matter your experience or your age, or your choice of woodwind instrument, we have sheet music, scores and tuition books for all, in a wide range of genres and styles.
Woodwind instruments began to evolve thousands of years ago. The first flutes were believed to have been up to 50,000 years old, and through the ages, old flute-like instruments have been discovered that were carved from various different woods, and even bones from birds or bears!
Through the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods, the most common woodwind instruments, recorder, flute, oboe and bassoon, developed, and the clarinet joined them from the middle of the 18th century. The first woodwind instruments had no reeds, the flutes and recorders. With the dawn of the double-reed, oboes and bassoons developed, and the clarinet was the first single reed instrument to join the family.
In the 19th century, the first saxophones started to appear, which despite being made of brass, were counted among the woodwind instruments, because they are all single reed instruments, employing a very similar finger and key system to the clarinet.
Although the saxophone is a relatively minor instrument within the classical symphony orchestra, it did however, help the woodwind family to take a prominent role in various modern musical styles, including jazz, soul, pop and rock music.
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 265024
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767592
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 257401
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 265153
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 257040
for: Saxophone
Fingering chart
Item no.: 334809
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 415003
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199917
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 168039
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1025271
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 244021
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 669126
for: Recorder [keyboard/guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 111208
for: Recorder [keyboard/guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 111207
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 643133
for: Wind instrument
Book
Item no.: 336294
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772585
for: Flute
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 797159
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, CD-ROM (with piano accompaniment to print yourself), 2 CDs
Item no.: 668920
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, CD-Rom
Item no.: 768791
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767760
for: Oboe
Music lesson book
Item no.: 664330
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 679791
for: Saxophone
Fingering chart
Item no.: 662266
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256944
for: Treble recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 140133
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772527
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 680965
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 470150
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 112221
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101528
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 550752
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 396623
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 476147
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 431642
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 772844
for bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 677459
for: Oboe
Music lesson book
Item no.: 671417
for: Bassoon
Study book
Item no.: 660914
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419088
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419086
for: Oboe
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279808
for: Recorder
Item no.: 109270
for: Treble recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 109269
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book (anthology)
Item no.: 774242
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 922983