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: Recorder
Study book
Item no.: 668165
Twelve studies for the flute with explanations in the supplement
for: Flute
Study book
Item no.: 739819
Volume 3: 40 exercises (modulation)
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 337675
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 137817
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 242067
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 583146
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 684066
for: Clarinet
Fingering chart
Item no.: 662280
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 266187
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 779200
for: Flute
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 481791
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, CD (mp3)
Item no.: 766215
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 324072
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 214114
for: Descant recorder [tenor recorder]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 303081
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 770063
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1025273
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 773109
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1018341
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 240385
for: Tin whistle
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 765289
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 183583
for: Flute
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 604360
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 367572
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 341329
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940645
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 118393
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 130788
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 797241
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 772587
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 663462
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book (anthology)
Item no.: 773006
for: Winds class [bassoon]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 672334
for: Recorder
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283036
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 382521
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 565311
for: Saxophone
Study book, CD
Item no.: 271030
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 922962
(Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 208000
(Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 129347
for: Bassoon
Fingering chart
Item no.: 129325
for: Recorder
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 175708
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 479591
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 150695
for: Drum whistle
Music lesson book
Item no.: 155027
for: Descant recorder
Music lesson book, 4 CDs
Item no.: 696036
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 1017788
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 1032174