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: Saxophone
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 767773
for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 481841
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 796753
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 771385
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 773040
for: Recorder
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 773055
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767397
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766311
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766125
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765998
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 1031492
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Teacher's book
Item no.: 1027018
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 582452
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 347126
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 772884
for: Treble recorder
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770351
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 647038
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Educational book (work book), audio-CD
Item no.: 550657
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1136884
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Study book (with online audio)
Item no.: 833727
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 688511
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Study book
Item no.: 365083
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 153300
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 764290
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 138945
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 238390
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 238387
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 487812
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 768966
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1684101
for: Fife (flute)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 776508
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 550606
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 764845
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 771340
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Study book
Item no.: 776274
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765760
for: Clarinet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1210798
School of the Recorder
for: Treble recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 162596
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 636503
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 248435
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 690161
Die Instrumentation (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 286705
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 634491
Vol. 5: Ut 3Eme 1Ere 4Eme Ou Mel. 5 Cles S / Acct (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 430428
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 291326
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 617061
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Study book
Item no.: 550600
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, piano accompaniment, 2 play-along CDs
Item no.: 563261