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04 Jun 2010, 2:33 pm

I think the woodwinds are better because they have a beautiful sound



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04 Jun 2010, 2:49 pm

This is tough for me, since I love to play both my Oboe and my Euphonium. I suppose I'll go with woodwinds overall though. =]



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04 Jun 2010, 3:23 pm

I love strings, but this isn't an option. :P


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04 Jun 2010, 3:48 pm

Woodwinds here!! ! I'm a clarinetist.

Learned the hard way clarinet doesn't pay bills, so piano is my main instrument at the moment.

HOWEVER--don't EVER let anyone tell you woodwinds can't rock. Every chance I get I play the EWI with my band. Mine is the inexpensive 5-octave USB version, and I actually use it to drive some of my keyboards and rack synths. If you're a woodwind player, you need one of these.



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04 Jun 2010, 3:49 pm

Woodwind. Nothing beats the sound of panpipes.


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04 Jun 2010, 4:53 pm

Ferdinand wrote:
I love strings, but this isn't an option. :P


Ditto.

Brass instruments come in a close second for their depth, though. Wind instruments always seem so insubstantial.



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04 Jun 2010, 5:06 pm

pschristmas wrote:
Ferdinand wrote:
I love strings, but this isn't an option. :P


Ditto.

Brass instruments come in a close second for their depth, though. Wind instruments always seem so insubstantial.


Depth? Oh you mean LOUD. I mean, that's great and all. But woodwinds OWN brass and strings when it comes to dynamic contrast. It's a little thing called "expression" and "artistry." Perhaps you've heard of it. ;)
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04 Jun 2010, 5:13 pm

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Depth? Oh you mean LOUD.


No, I don't mean loud. Even played sotto voce, brass instruments have a depth and richness that the woodwinds just can't match. They're too flighty.



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04 Jun 2010, 5:15 pm

Brass, of course.


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04 Jun 2010, 5:17 pm

I've always found Brass to be kind of grating, but I'm not familiar with Officer Woodwind - or does he or she work in the lab? :?








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I'm a huge Jethro Tull fan, I vote for flutes - Ian Anderson's flute is not made of wood, but that still counts as a woodwind instrument, right? I do know an Aspie who makes Native-American style flutes out of wood. They sound lovely. Very peaceful.



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04 Jun 2010, 5:45 pm

Willard wrote:
I'm a huge Jethro Tull fan, I vote for flutes - Ian Anderson's flute is not made of wood, but that still counts as a woodwind instrument, right? I do know an Aspie who makes Native-American style flutes out of wood. They sound lovely. Very peaceful.


Flutes are indeed woodwinds. Now, actual wooden flutes are an entirely different beastie, so far as I'm concerned. They have a certain richness, as well, that the metal flutes just can't compare to. Same for ceramic wind instruments like ocarinas. Maybe I just don't like higher pitched sounds coming from metal instruments. I don't particularly like reed instruments, either, though.



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05 Jun 2010, 9:47 am

pschristmas wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
Depth? Oh you mean LOUD.


No, I don't mean loud. Even played sotto voce, brass instruments have a depth and richness that the woodwinds just can't match. They're too flighty.


BAND WAR!! !! !

OK...

Brass instruments are for wanna-be tough guys who couldn't make the football team.

Unlike brass instruments, with their cute buttons and slides, woodwinds require something brass instruments will never have: SKILL.

Real men play reeds.

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05 Jun 2010, 7:00 pm

pschristmas wrote:
Brass instruments come in a close second for their depth, though. Wind instruments always seem so insubstantial.


surely if you heard [and FELT] a contrabass saxophone you would not find THAT to be "insubstantial."

neither is better than the other, just different- and each contributes much to the total sound.



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05 Jun 2010, 8:11 pm

I play woodwind, but both are good.


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05 Jun 2010, 8:26 pm

auntblabby wrote:

neither is better than the other, just different- and each contributes much to the total sound.


True, it's just my preference. :)

I just don't care for the reeded instruments very much. There's something about the sound that just sets my teeth on edge, like there's a buzzing to it, even in the more mellow instruments like clarinets. It's the same feeling I used to get in software stores before everything went to CD-ROM. I know, weird. :roll:



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05 Jun 2010, 8:57 pm

pschristmas wrote:
auntblabby wrote:

neither is better than the other, just different- and each contributes much to the total sound.


True, it's just my preference. :)

I just don't care for the reeded instruments very much. There's something about the sound that just sets my teeth on edge, like there's a buzzing to it, even in the more mellow instruments like clarinets. It's the same feeling I used to get in software stores before everything went to CD-ROM. I know, weird. :roll:


you might find it an interesting variation, that some folk play their woodwind instruments with brass mouthpieces, ala a serpent. i heard an old sun ra jazz piece featuring a bassoonist who used a trombone mouthpiece on his bassoon. it sounded weird. my band teacher in junior high school demonstrated a contrabass tuba with a baritone sax mouthpiece and reed. it sounded weirder.