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.
Jazz Play-Along 49
10 Jazz Classics including "Autumn Leaves", "My Funny Valentine", "Darn That Dream" etc.
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 471874
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 135436
Jazzy Series
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113870
Spielstücke
for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748283
Camera Flauto Amadeus 187
for: Treble recorder [flute], basso continuo
Score, solo part
Item no.: 475538
Second Edition, 2015
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1619716
Orgel plus 48
for: Flute, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 674472
Die schönsten Volkslieder
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 352833
Thesaurus Musicae Bohemicae B
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 745756
for: 2 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 114414
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1659980
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 612845
17 Vortragsstücke für Flöte oder Oboe, und Klavier
for: Flute [oboe], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 627362
für Atsaxophon
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 561760
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315182
Chester Woodwind Series
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 166675
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 298239
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324067
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 645178
Klassik
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
Item no.: 470464
Klassik
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Study score
Item no.: 361204
Klassik
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 321564
for: 2 recorders (SS/SA/AA), guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317845
Klassik
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 321511
For Solo Oboe
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 840976
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 585625
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 414757
for: Recorder ensemble (SATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 649471
for: 2 clarinets
Music score
Item no.: 341412
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 340850
Duo Concertant
Il flauto buffo
for: 2 flutes, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 184946
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 178163
for: Panpipe
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1562795
12 recital pieces for beginners -- with piano accompaniment
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 445054
Easy Instrumental Duets
for: 2 alto saxophones (duet)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 777241
For Two Flutes and Piano
for: 2 flutes, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 456649
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Buch
Item no.: 935823
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 130790
Jazz Play-Along Vol. 31
Aebersold Jazz Play Along
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 100292
Solo arrangements of 10 songs with CD accompaniment
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 602700
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1615934
Daily Warm-Ups for Piccolo
for: Piccolo
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1670370
Alte Musik (Leuckartiana)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101455
Klassik
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 100893
51 Etüden in allen Tonarten
for: Flute
Item no.: 183223
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik 632
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 414034
for: Treble recorder
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1684204
mit Klavierbegleitung und online Videos zum Mitspielen
Schule für die Sopranblockflöte für Kinder ab dem Vorschulalter
for: Descant recorder
Music score, online media
Item no.: 667400