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.
An Introduction to Music
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766111
Clarinet & Piano
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 190706
ABRSM Jazz Alto Sax
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 204816
for Alto Sax
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 634004
The music curriculum
Teacher's Guide Book
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Teacher's book
Item no.: 817469
Trevor Wye's Practice Books
for: Alto flute
Music score
Item no.: 174078
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100816
Pops For Ensembles Level 2.5
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score
Item no.: 813010
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 837735
Cambridge Companions to Music
for: Clarinet
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 215371
Scales and Arpeggios
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 695348
Red Hot Recorder
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 831843
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 601170
This delightful collection features 24 of the most stirring and inspirational classical melodies from across the centuries, arranged for the intermediate Flute and Guitar duo.
for: Flute, guitar
Score, solo part
Item no.: 461217
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 406416
Easy quartets for beginners
for: 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445047
Intonation
for: 1–2 clarinets
Music lesson book
Item no.: 466780
For Solo Oboe
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 169358
Learn to play bass recorder in ensemble
3-5 part recorder ensemble pieces
for: Bass recorder [3-5 Recorder (SAATB)]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 204076
841325
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 289409
How to shape a melodic line
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 327829
easy arragements for children's ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 192416
28 Solos on Popular Jazz Standards
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 677270
Ten great etudes for playing and improvising on the blues
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 676413
12 Tangos for Alto Saxophone & Piano
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 659625
The colourful new recorder method for primary schools
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 483986
Books 1-3
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 161604
Play Today
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 328532
A treatise of central importance in the historical development of the flute, with discussions on ornaments and embelishments of the period.
for: Flute [recorder/oboe]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 397460
Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
Contemporary Sax Styles by The Super Groovers
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 493023
for treble recorder
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 748795
for Two Clarinets
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 555007
GIA Music Education
for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
Music lesson book (spiral binding), online audio
Item no.: 492404
Klarinétozni tanulok 2
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 198334
10 Pieces that cover just about every Latin style!
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 194911
8 Masterpieces, easy to play
for: Oboe
Book, CD
Item no.: 166104
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370845
The Nuts and Bolts of Music Improvisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 681777
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 118984
Covering all the scales and arpeggios for the ABRSM exams
New Edition
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 677226
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189706
for: Flute
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1024921
A workbook for examinations
including over 100 practice tests for Associated Board exams
Supports new syllabus requirements from 2017
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 673492
A Method Book for Young Flute Beginners
for: Flute
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 1017052
emic/professional/technical: Postgraduate.
Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional.
for: Flute
Study book
Item no.: 376244
Easy Charts
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1543899