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: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 239521
for: Wind instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 560308
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 401584
for: Melody instrument (B-flat) [trumpet/clarinet/tenor saxophone]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 213711
A Practice Book for the Baroque Flute
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 679206
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part, online media
Item no.: 659060
for: Alto saxophone; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 697003
for: Recorder, piano
Score, Solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 635298
for: 1–3 saxophones
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 659125
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732073
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 780411
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612123
Volume 1
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 128834
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 292343
for: 1-2 flutes; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book
Item no.: 321482
for: Flute
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 212999
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Music score (melody, chords, lyrics)
Item no.: 366366
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 209245
30 Works for Soprano Recorder with piano or guitar accompaniment
Schott Anthology Series
for: Descant recorder, piano [guitar]
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 1012820
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 355635
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 186036
Treatise on Contemporary Techniques
for: Flute
Book
Item no.: 314452
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 342109
for: 1–2 treble recorders
Ensemble score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1530192
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 554999
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 205534
for: 2–4 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355814
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 469791
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 395597
Klassik
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 981037
for: Oboe
Music lesson book
Item no.: 182382
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 831842
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), percussion
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 160802
from Works by Corelli and Telemann for treble recorder (violin, flute, viol)
for: Treble recorder [flute/violin/viola da gamba]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 335635
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 564874
for: Treble recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483318
for: Oboe
Music lesson book
Item no.: 761850
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 673095
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 497813
A Comprehensive Guide With Step-By-Step Instruction And Many Great Jazz Classics
Hal Leonard Saxophone Method
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 552015
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633806
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 194945
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 315393
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 1147201
for: Clarinet
Book
Item no.: 762108
for: Baritone saxophone
Buch + CD
Item no.: 156792
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 157596