What is the cheapest woodwind instrument?

recorder The recorder is probably the cheapest and easiest woodwind instrument to learn. The recorder is a good choice for children under the age of 10. Recorders are light, inexpensive, and easy to make a sound on.

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Flute

The flute is a common beginner instrument. It required a significant amount of air as well as breath control. Although the flute is relatively light, some smaller beginner students have trouble holding it horizontal or reaching some keys. There are specially-made “curved-head” flutes that make it a bit easier to manage, so that arm length or strength is less of an issue in the beginning.

Clarinet

The clarinet is another common beginner instrument! The clarinet also requires quite a bit of air, and special attention must be paid to the embouchure of the beginner clarinetist to properly seal the mouthpiece while permitting the reed to vibrate. Physically, make sure that you find a clarinet that is well balanced enough to be held with good posture and a correct bell angle without excess tension or discomfort. There are lightweight bells, thumb rests, and neck straps that can be used to make this instrument fit a wide range of students.

Saxophone

The saxophone is the last of the “beginner” woodwind instruments. While there are four common types of saxophones in use today (the soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones), the alto saxophone is the one that younger students will start out on. The saxophone shares many challenges of embouchure with the clarinet, having a similar (but slightly larger) mouthpiece and reed. Like the clarinet, the alto saxophone requires a reed that will need to be cared for and replaced on a regular basis.

Oboe/Bassoon

The oboe and bassoon are generally considered more advanced woodwind instruments and are only rarely given to beginners. Both oboe and bassoon are double reed instruments, meaning that they use two thin pieces of precisely-shaped cane that are blown into and vibrate to make the sound. Learning how to form the embouchure for these instruments and shape the cane are both skills that are difficult for younger students to grasp. Oboes are held in a broadly similar manner to clarinets, although the double reed means that the angle of the oboe is even more important for proper sound production. Young players that are unable to hold the instrument “out” will not be able to form the proper embouchure with the reed. The bassoon is a very large and heavy instrument, and so holding this instrument is a challenge for smaller players. Most bassoonists use both a seat strap and a hand rest in order to adequately support the instrument and maintain a relaxed, correct hand position.

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