Woodwind Instrument
Contrabassoon
The three branches of the woodwind family have different sources
of sound. Vibrations begin when air is blown across the top of an instrument,
across a single reed, or across two reeds. Reeds are small pieces of cane. A single
reed is clamped to a mouthpiece at the top of the instrument and vibrates against
the mouthpiece when air is blown between the reed and the mouthpiece. Two reeds
tied together are commonly known as a double reed. This double reed fits into
a tube at the top of the instrument and vibrates when air is forced between the
two reeds.
The contrabassoon is another double-reed instrument in the woodwind
family. Although much like the bassoon, it is larger and its sound much lower.
This project was created by Ahmed Azab.
Since �2001
