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: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 948855
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940439
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 152196
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 270763
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 780497
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768781
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, CD-ROM (with piano accompaniment to print yourself), 2 CDs
Item no.: 668919
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 772505
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 767565
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Lesson book (standard notation), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 767158
for: Saxophone
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 765058
for: Saxophone
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 641328
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 770299
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 780517
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 767453
for: Wind instrument (Treble Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767322
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1050403
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 1031515
for: 2 saxophones (identically tuned)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 769905
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552945
for: Oboe [cor anglais]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681647
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1031497
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 770067
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766712
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 766892
for: Clarinet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 861319
for: Clarinet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 861314
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1552768
for: Soprano saxophone
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1210840
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765881
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764289
for: Tenor saxophone [soprano saxophone]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770324
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, playback-CD (mp3)
Item no.: 767261
for: Flute
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1010908
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 332429
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 289091
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book (anthology)
Item no.: 773101
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772336
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 833767
for: Flute
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 771955
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 301634
for: Wind instrument
Study book
Item no.: 164452
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, 2 CDs, DVD
Item no.: 668195
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 280504
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766871
for: Descant recorder [tenor recorder]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766249
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766230
for: Descant recorder [tenor recorder]
Music score
Item no.: 766186