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Author: Ally the Begging Ocarina Playe
Date: 2004-04-20 23:42
I was just wondering if an Ocarina s a woodwind. I think so. Some are wooden and you blow into an opening to produce a sound. But if it isn't then I have no bisness on this form. But I do play the Flute!
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Author: Mike Truslove
Date: 2004-04-21 08:45
Yes, an ocarina is a woodwind. All sound is produced by vibration. On woodwind insruments, the sound is produced by blowing onto some sort of fine edge. On flutes, recorders and ocarinas, that edge is part of the instrument that cannot be removed. On clarinets, saxophones, oboes and bassoons, that edge is in the form of a removable reed made of one or two bits of cane. If you ask if an ocarina is a woodwind, then you might also ask if saxophones made of brass or modern flutes made of metal are woodwinds, which they most definitely are.
To recap what everyone already knows, the vibrations in brass instruments are the player's lips, and are not part of the instrument. That is what separates saxophones from brass instruments. We dont't talk about string insruments...
Does this answer your question?
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Author: ~Heather ~
Date: 2004-04-21 21:19
Hey, if you play flute then you do belong here! Welcome!
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