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.
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988418
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988403
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988391
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 557496
Klassik
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 987993
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988697
Klassik
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988053
Klassik
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 987736
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988029
Klassik
for: Flute, guitar
Book
Item no.: 987748
Jazz
for: Melodic instrument in C
Book
Item no.: 988253
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988572
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988542
The Viola da gamba Society of Great Britain
for: 4 melodic instruments (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 120650
Geistliche Musik
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 942869
Instrumental Solos
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 637717
for: Flute
Item no.: 111925
initiation à la musique de chambre par la flûte à bec
66 pièces des 17e et 18e siècles
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, harpsichord
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 993047
for: Saxophone
Book
Item no.: 943943
for: Descant recorder [treble recorder]
Audio-CD
Item no.: 686334
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 818583
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819282
Klassik
for: Oboe
Score
Item no.: 819034
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 818891
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Music score
Item no.: 1357785
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Flute
for: Flute, orchestra
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204380
18 steps / 18 keys
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1340678
Love Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet'
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317377
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163638
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1530838
Jazz
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530802
Klassik
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530710
Schritt für Schritt Querflöte spielen lernen
for: Flute
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1210833
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 973792
Klassik
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973791
for: Clarinet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1681161
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and More Top Movies for Clarinet
for: Clarinet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1687963
for: 2 clarinets
Buch + Einzelstimme(n)
Item no.: 1585293
Nobuya Sugawa Presents
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1559838
Die komplette Methode für den Musikunterricht
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1696206
Schritt für Schritt Klarinette spielen lernen
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1690188
Saxophone Quartet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1684144
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829719
Alto Saxophone Solo with Piano - Grade 4
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 1106765
Rubank Solo Collection
for: Clarinet, piano
Book
Item no.: 295490
Meredith Music Resource
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1107705
Woodwind
for: Flute, harp
Book
Item no.: 965208
featuring all Bb Clarinets
for: Clarinet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 765082