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: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771490
for: Oboe [cor anglais]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681648
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 765811
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book
Item no.: 649354
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 773463
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 772587
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766103
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766071
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1027014
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1210832
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771622
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 771383
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 258922
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395071
(Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 208000
for: Oboe
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 562441
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 350684
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1210793
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 771588
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770347
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, CD (mp3)
Item no.: 766215
for: Recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283036
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book (anthology)
Item no.: 773006
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 779200
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 973072
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 1017788
for: Treble recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 331083
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 922962
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Study book
Item no.: 550605
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 266187
(Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 129347
for: Bassoon
Fingering chart
Item no.: 129325
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Study book
Item no.: 834340
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 769092
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765641
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score, CD
Item no.: 172653
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 141952
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Teacher's book, Playback-CD
Item no.: 766616
for: Saxophone
Item no.: 329083
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 768288
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 939849
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 238401
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 770043
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 341329
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772009
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940645
for: Flute
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 604360
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 184838