Woodwind Family Facts:

• Not all woodwind instruments are made from wood! Some are made from brass, silver and even from pottery.

• Not all instrument made from wood are members of the woodwind family. The violin and the piano are both made from wood but are not woodwind instruments.

• A woodwind instrument is one where sound is produced by splitting air on a sharp edge such as a reed or a "fipple".

• There are two main types of woodwind instruments - flutes and reeds.​

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Watch these videos to see how sound is produced on a recorder or penny whistle and how blowing across the top of a bottle is like the flute.