WoodwindInstrument (2019-09-16)

DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2019-09-16

WoodwindInstrument

A woodwind Instrument.

Relationships
Parents	WindInstrument	An instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator.
Children	ReedInstrument	A reed Instrument.
Instances	AltoFlute	The Wind Instrument Alto Flute.
	Apito	Shrill and loud whistles which are typically played by Brazilian samba bandleaders.
	Bansuri	Soft and woody-sounding Indian side blown flute made of bamboo. It is one of the most common instruments in Hindustani classical music.
	BaroqueFlute	The Wind Instrument Baroque Flute.
	BaroqueRecorder	Redesign of the recorder that came around in the late 17th century. Constructed in three separate pieces, with a fully chromatic range of two octaves to two octaves and a fifth.
	BassFlute	The Wind Instrument Bass Flute.
	BassRecorder	Large recorder in F, pitched an octave lower than the alto recorder.
	Bawu	Mellow and open-sounding Chinese free reed, cylindrical-bore instrument with a single metal reed. It is played horizontally.
	BirdWhistle	Approximates the sound of birdcall. Simple, hand-held, mouth-blown, and consists of a tube leading to a lip that splits the air stream.
	BosunsWhistle	Shrill, loud, simple pipe or whistle used on ships by a boatswain to give commands. A tube directs air over a metal sphere with a hole in the top. Opening and closing a hand over the hole changes the pitch.
	Calliope	Airy-sounding instrument which produces sound by sending steam or compressed air through large whistles. Often extremely loud, and there is no way to vary tone or loudness. Variants exist which can be controlled mechanically, by keyboard, and more recently, by MIDI. When steam power was commonly used, the Calliope was often used on riverboats and in circuses. It was originally patented by the American inventor Joshua C. Stoddard in 1855.
	ConchShell	An instrument made out of a conch shell, which naturally has a conical bore. It may be played unmodified, or a mouth hole be created by breaking off the point of the shell or by drilling a hole, and mouthpieces may even be inserted into the hole. Typically, no tone holes are drilled, and the conch is used as a natural horn.
	ContrabassRecorder	Large recorder that plays an octave lower than the ordinary bass recorder.
	Daegeum	Korean Bamboo Transverse Flute
	Didgeridoo	Timbrally deep and kaleidoscopic Indigenous Australian drone pipe. Generally 3 to 10 feet long, and can have either a cylindrical or conical bore. Traditionally played as accompaniment to ceremonial dancing and singing.
	Dizi	Warm and airy Chinese transverse flute, typically made of bamboo.
	Duduk	Warm, soft, and nasally ancient Armenian double-reed woodwind made of apricot wood. It is commonly played in pairs, with one player playing a steady drone and the other playing the melody.
	Fife	Shrill, small, high-pitched, transverse flute that originated in medieval Europe and which has been historically commonly used in military and marching bands.
	Flabiol	Airy and delicate-sounding Catalan fipple flute commonly played in cobla bands.
	Flageolet	Woody and bright fipple flute popular in Europe and America from the late 16th century to the early 20th century, particularly among amateur musicians.
	Floyera	Breathy, simple, end-blown bamboo flute used in Greek folk music.
	Flute	The Wind Instrument Flute.
	Fujara	Deep, breathy, low-pitched, and large Slovakian fipple flute traditionally played by shepherds for recreation. It has only three tone holes, but the high aspect ratio of the sound chamber allows for playing of the diatonic scale by use of overtones.
	Gasba	Breathy, dispersed-sounding flute that is widespread in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
	Gemshorn	Mellow-sounding European ocarina, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal, and now more commonly made from cattle horns. They date at least back to the 15th century.
	GermanFlute	A term used in the medieval period to refer to early European transverse flutes, used to differentiate them from end-blown flutes, which had been used for much longer in Europe.
	GreatBassRecorder	Refers either to the contrabass recorder in F, or to recorders pitched higher than that, in C and Bb.
	IrishLowWhistle	Clear-sounding, larger and lower-pitched tin whistle.
	Kaval	Breathy, dispersed-sounding end-blown flute traditionally played in Armenia, the Balkans, and Turkey.
	Khlui	Breathy-sounding Thai vertical duct flute, typically made of bamboo.
	Lur	A long natural horn historically played by Nordic and Germanic peoples.
	Mijwiz	Double-pipe, single-reed woodwind that is commonly played in the Levant as an accompaniment to belly dancing or dabke.
	Nai	Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century.
	NativeAmericanFlute	[missing definition]
	NeyFlute	Deep, breathy Middle Eastern end-blown flute that may be as much as 5000 years old. Traditionally made from a piece of hollow cane or giant reed, though modern ones may be made of metal or plastic.
	Ocarina	Clear-sounding vessel flute with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that extrudes from the body.
	Paixiao	Ancient Chinese pan flute, with notches at the tops of the pipe holes that allow the pitch to be bent down a minor second.
	PanFlute	End-blown instrument made of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length. Each pipe typically has a fixed pitch, and the player plays melodically by blowing from pipe to pipe.
	PiccoloFlute	The Wind Instrument Piccolo Flute.
	Pinkillu	Andean end-blown duct flute played with one hand, often while the other hand plays a drum.
	PipeOrgan	Keyboard instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through organ pipes. Each pipe has a fixed pitch. A Pipe Organ often contains multiple ranks of pipes with different timbres, pitches, and volumes that can be used in different combinations by use of stops.
	PoliceWhistle	Loud, shrill metal whistle historically used by (at least) English police.
	PositiveOrgan	Small pipe organ that is built to be easily portable. Common between the 10th and 18th centuries in chapels and small churches, as a chamber organ, and to play the basso continuo in ensembles.
	Quena	Dark-sounding traditional Andean end-blown flute.
	Quenacho	Larger, lower-pitched quena.
	Recorder	Sounds clear and sweet. Prominent family of duct flutes in the Western classical tradition of music. Generally has seven finger holes for adjusting the pitch. Common from the medieval period up through the Baroque era, but fell out of favor after that. Often used in modern times as an educational instrument for children.
	Rondador	Clear-sounding national instrument of Ecuador. A kind of pan flute in which the pipes are arranged pentatonically, so that a melody may be readily played in parallel thirds by a single player.
	Shakuhachi	Japanese end-blown flute, typically made of bamboo and tuned to the pentatonic scale. Mellow in its low tones, although it is equally capable of producing loud, penetrating and breathy tones in its middle and upper registers.
	Shelltone	Inspired by the conch shell, designed to emulate whale songs.
	Shenai	Reedy and smooth-sounding Indian double-reed instrument with a metal or wooden flared bell at the end. Commonly used in marriages, processions, and temples. Similar to the nadaswaram.
	ShviWhistle	Shrill, high-pitched Armenian fipple flute with a labium mouth piece.
	Siku	Traditional Andean pan pipe with two rows of pipes.
	SlideWhistle	Simple tube with a piston inside and a fipple at the top. A slide plunger extends from the bottom, and is moved in and out, which produces a glissando effect.
	SopraninoRecorder	Second-smallest and second-highest member of the recorder family.
	SopranoRecorder	Third-smallest and third-highest member of the recorder family.
	Suling	Breathy, strong-sounding Southeast Asian bamboo ring flute. Used in gamelan orchestras.
	Suona	Chinese double-reed instrument with a conical wooden body and a flared, detachable metal bell.
	Tarka	Andean fipple flute with six finger holes, an angular shape, and a soft sound with a raspy low range.
	TenorFlute	The Wind Instrument Tenor Flute.
	TenorRecorder	Tuned in C, an octave lower than the soprano recorder. Because of its larger size, the tenor recorder often has keys to make it easier to play the lowest notes.
	TinWhistle	Clear-sounding simple fipple flute with six tone holes. Commonly associated with Celtic music.
	Tusselfloyte	Traditional Norwegian end-blown flute.
	WillowFlute	Nordic folk flute - a transverse fipple flute with no finger holes, on which the pitch is changed by covering or not covering the end and by varying the force of air blown into the flute.
	WoodFlute	Any flute made of wood.
	Wot	Dispersed-sounding circular pan pipe played in Laos and Thailand and often used in Pong-Lang ensembles.
	Xiao	Mellow-sounding ancient Chinese end-blown flute, typically made of bamboo.
	Xun	Breathy and mellow-sounding ancient Chinese globular vessel flute, similar to an ocarina but without a fipple mouthpiece. It was initially made of baked clay or bone, and later came to also be made of clay or ceramic.
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