List of woodwind instruments
Some musicologists count free-reed instruments separately.
Flutes
[edit]- Fife
- Piccolo
- Western concert flute
- Alto flute
- Bass flute
- Contra-alto flute
- Contrabass flute
- Subcontrabass flute
- Double contrabass flute
- Hyperbass flute
- Native American flute
- Irish flute
- Bansuri (India)
- Kōauau (New Zealand)
- Koudi (China)
- Dizi (China)
- Daegeum (Korea)
- Nguru (New Zealand)
- Nohkan (Japan)
- Ryūteki (Japan)
- Shinobue (Japan)
- Švilpa (Lithuania)
- Venu (India)
- Kaval (Anatolian-Turkic, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
- Fyell (Albanian Polla)
- Ney (Anatolian-Turkic)
- Danso (Korea)
- Hocchiku (Japan)
- Hun (Korea)
- Palendag (Philippines)
- Panflute (Greece)
- Suling (Indonesia/Philippines)
- Tumpong (Philippines)
- Xiao (China)
- Xun (China)
- Khlui (Thailand)
- Matófono (Argentina/Uruguay)
Notched
[edit]- Quena (South America)
- Shakuhachi (Japan)
Internal Duct (fipple)
[edit]- Almpfeiferl (Austria)
- Caval (Romania)
- Diple (or Dvojnice, a double recorder) (Serbia)
- Flageolet (France)
- Fluier (Romania)
- Frula (Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia)
- Furulya (Hungary)
- Gemshorn (Germany)
- Ocarina (South America, England, China, and various other countries)
- Organ pipe The pipes of the church/chamber organ are actually fipple flutes.
- Recorder (General)
- Tin Whistle (Pennywhistle) (Ireland)
- Shvi (Armenia)
- Dilli Kaval (Turkey)
Overblown
[edit]Single reed
[edit]- Alboka (Basque Country, Spain)
- Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations)
- Aulochrome
- Chalumeau
- Clarinet
- Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet
- Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)
- Soprano clarinet
- Saxonette
- Basset clarinet
- Clarinette d'amour
- Basset horn
- Alto clarinet
- Bass clarinet
- Contra-alto clarinet (E♭ contrabass clarinet)
- Contrabass clarinet
- Octocontra-alto clarinet
- Octocontrabass clarinet
- Diplica (Baranya)
- Double clarinet
- Heckel-clarina
- Heckelphone-clarinet
Double-reed
[edit]- Algaita
- Aulos
- Balaban (instrument) (Azerbaijan)
- Bassanelli
- Bassoon
- Biforaers (Sicily)
- Bombardeers (France)
- Catalan shawm
- Cromorne (French baroque, different from the crumhorn)
- Contra Forte
- Duduk (Armenia)
- Dulcian
- Dulzaina (Spain)
- Heckelphone
- Hichiriki (Japan)
- Kèn bầu (Vietnam)
- Mizmar (Arabic nations)
- Nadaswaram
- Oboe
- Piccolo oboe
- Oboe d'amore
- Cor anglais (i.e. English horn)
- Oboe da caccia
- Bass oboe
- Contrabass oboe
- Piri (Korea)
- Pommer (Europe)
- Rackett (Europe)
- Reed contrabass/Contrabass à anche
- Rhaita (North Africa)
- Rothphone
- Sarrusophone (but often played with single reed mouthpiece)
- Shawm (Schalmei)
- Sopilas (Croatia)
- Sornas (Persia)
- Suona (China)
- Surnayers (Iran)
- Taepyeongso (Korea)
- Tárogatós (Hungary; up to about the 18th century)
- Tromboon
- Trompeta china (Cuba)
- Zurla (Macedonia)
- Zurna
Capped
[edit]
Triple reed
[edit]- Hne (Myanmar)