WOOD & ETHNIC FLUTES
UNUSUAL WOODWINDS
FOLK & ETHNIC DOUBLE REEDS
AMERICAN - EUROPEAN - PAN AMERICAN
Wood Flutes - Sopranino to Bass - all keys
Reed Flutes - Sopranino to Alto - all keys
Celtic Pennywhistle, Low Whistle, Irish Flute - all keys
Panpipes
Ocarinas - Sopranino to Bass
Recorders - Sopranino to Great Bass
Bagpipes
Native American flutes - Soprano to Bass
South American: Kena, Moseno, Tarka
Medieval and Renaissance Double Reeds
FAR EAST
Chinese Dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) - Standard to Sopranino
Japanese Shakuhachi - Standard, Alto, and Soprano
Shino-bue & Nohkan - Traditional Japanese Flutes
Indonesian Suling (Gamelan flute) Soprano and Alto - microtonal
MIDDLE EAST/EAST INDIAN
Duduk (Armenian Double Reed); Shvi (Aremenian Shepards flute)
Zurnas, Punjab (Snake charmer pipe, buzzy Arabic and Asian oboes)
Nay (Wood flutes of North Africa, Middle East)
Bansuri (Wood flutes of India)
WESTERN INSTRUMENTS
Flutes: Concert, Piccolo, Alto & Bass
Saxophones: Soprano & Alto
Clarinets: Standard & Bass
Miscellaneous: Bird Whistles, Slide Whistle, Microtonal Woodwinds, Seashell, Melodica, Bass Melodica, and
Bass Harmonica
I am often asked "How can you play so many instruments? Well, I've been playing for many years and started
playing flute, sax, wood flutes, and recorders all before I was ten years old. I have always concentrated on the various
flutes and fipple based instruments (like whistles), and consider myself strongest on those.
Instruments like double reeds, melodica, bass harmonica, etc. I don't play much, but I keep them around
to add a little color to a score. Believe it or not, over-dubbing several different shawms to create to aural illusion of
an army of barbarians coming right at you can be a satisfying aesthetic experience!
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