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Introduction to Woodwind Instruments, pt 2

February 8th, 2010 — Acoustic Musical Instruments

In the last post in this series we were talking about different types of woodwind instruments. The following is the rest of the list of exposed double reed instruments.
- Hichiriki (Japan)
- Kèn bầu (Vietnam)
- Mizmar (Arabic nations)
- Nadaswaram
- Oboe
- Oboe da caccia
- Oboe d’amore
- Piccolo heckelphone
- Piccolo oboe
- Piri (Korea)
- Pommer (Europe)
- Rackett (Europe)
- Reed [...]

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