Favorite woodwind?

I think the woodwind instruments come in so many variations of sound in each register and bring the most colour to the orchestra. So whats your favorite?

I'd have to go with oboe.

I always loved the flute (but then so does everyone) and i've been playing the clarinet for ages now and it got boring. But recently got a chance the oboe and to get to know it from a friend who plays it, and the sound amazed me! every register had its own magical sound and now i would kill just to play it! :)

And if you play the instrument tell us all about it!

I think the woodwind instruments come in so many variations of sound in each register and bring the most colour to the orchestra. So whats your favorite?

I'd have to go with oboe.

I always loved the flute (but then so does everyone) and i've been playing the clarinet for ages now and it got boring. But recently got a chance the oboe and to get to know it from a friend who plays it, and the sound amazed me! every register had its own magical sound and now i would kill just to play it!

hi, my favorite woodwind has got to be the Baritone sax. It's got a deep rich sound that allows it to fit in with both other woodwinds and brass quite well!

hehe and it should be allowed in orchestras too!

Beth

I like the bass clarinet and bari sax, but not as much as the crummhorn. Especially the low crummhorns.

The bass flute is amazing, though it doesn't penetrate a big texture.

I wish I could say I've heard the tenoroon (higher cousin of the bassoon), but I haven't and won't pass judgement on it.

Another instrument that the orchestra fails to have anything like is the duduk, found in Armenia and surrounding areas. Giant double reed, amazing flute-like tone. Used in some film score or another.

I like the bass clarinet and bari sax, but not as much as the crummhorn. Especially the low crummhorns.

The bass flute is amazing, though it doesn't penetrate a big texture.

I wish I could say I've heard the tenoroon (higher cousin of the bassoon), but I haven't and won't pass judgement on it.

Another instrument that the orchestra fails to have anything like is the duduk, found in Armenia and surrounding areas. Giant double reed, amazing flute-like tone. Used in some film score or another.

Remember just because the stanard orchestra doesn't have the instrument doesn't mean you can't write for it in an orchestra!

It's nice that you brought up the bass flute. My favorite type of flute is the alto flute. I love the overall tone. :)

yeah the bass-flute is great!

And that giant double-reed - could it maybe a bass recorder? (it was used in the renaissance period)

And that giant double-reed - could it maybe a bass recorder? (it was used in the renaissance period)

They had bass recorders, but they weren't double reeds, they were the bass flute of their day.

Are you thinking of the ranket? It generally has a tone like a certain bodily function.

My fave is the clarinet. Love the tone.

And that giant double-reed - could it maybe a bass recorder? (it was used in the renaissance period)

The giant double-reed was referring to the duduk.

Clarinet, by far... The colour is unmatched and the effect that it has when played properly is truly unique. Case in point: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto... listen to a great performance of the 2nd movement and you'll understand why I love the clarinet above all else, and why, for that matter, Mozart loved it so much as well!

I'd have to say oboe and flute working together... but when there is a good bassoon solo (Bercuse and Finale comes to mind) then I absolutely love the sound.

I'd have to say oboe and flute working together... but when there is a good bassoon solo (Bercuse and Finale comes to mind) then I absolutely love the sound.

I have to say alto sax, personally. ^^ It seems incredibly underrated when it comes to anything but modern music. Its capable of a very pleasing tone, and many classical pieces sound very nice when played on an alto sax.

The range is incredible. Once you master the roughly 2 1/2 octaves it provides, you can move on to the altissimo register which can nearly double the range and provide infinite possibilities.

And one of the best sounds in the WORLD is a large alto sax section, perfectly in tune. ;) Love it!

(By the way, I am a huge concert/symphonic band enthusiast. ^_^)

Try the english horn! It's one of my favorites, I like it maybe even more than the oboe, and I play the flute, so I'm biased and like flute too. But my favorite?! That's asking too much. Maybe the bassoon. I'm not as much a fan of the clarinets, and I really don't like the saxophones, but the bassoons are awesome. So much color so low down. Try a french horn and bassoon sometime. Or maybe go with a cello and bassoon, that would be very nice indeed.

...My favorite woodwind instrument to write for is the bass clarinet.

I like the oboe and English Horn, but English Horn seem to interest me slightly more because of it's mellow and beautiful sound. But the English Horn just interest me, so if I was to choose between oboe and English Horn, I'd choose oboe, since it's easier to play (and I love the three octave keys and the double reed XD). As for other woodwinds, I'd rank them: 3. Clarinets 4. Flute/Piccolos 5. Bassoon 6. Alto Saxophone 7. Tenor and Soprano Saxophone 8. Bass Saxophone

I like the flute and obeo working together.

I love the tones of the bassoon, the low area of the piccolo, the classically played saxophone, and duduk and shakuhachi :D . And I prefer the oboe to the cor anglais, even though the cor anglais is more mellow.

Hey, Wolf88, I had the exact same thought as you a year ago, before I started playing the oboe. I have not regretted that i picked it up since then. At least not for more than, uhm, each time I'm practicing.

I love all woodwind instruments for their special tone colour, but if there is one instrument being my favourite, it must be the english horn. The symphony orchestra I played in just happened to have an english horn in store that I brought home. It's really fun to play.

Hey, Wolf88, I had the exact same thought as you a year ago, before I started playing the oboe. I have not regretted that i picked it up since then. At least not for more than, uhm, each time I'm practicing.

I love all woodwind instruments for their special tone colour, but if there is one instrument being my favourite, it must be the english horn. The symphony orchestra I played in just happened to have an english horn in store that I brought home. It's really fun to play.

You know, it's a really seldom instrument. They didn't even know for themselves that they had one. I just happened to find it stowed away by some boxes.

instruments stowed away in boxes..... sounds like heaven to me! :) :)

I love all woodwind instruments for their special tone colour, but if there is one instrument being my favourite, it must be the english horn. The symphony orchestra I played in just happened to have an english horn in store that I brought home. It's really fun to play.

This is very much like me. Except my favorite one would probably be the flute, but I guess that I'm bias since I've played flute for years...

Bassoon, no doubt.

I happen to favor the flobinet.

CONTRA BASSOON!!!! easily the most impractical and humorous instrument, and i LOVE IT!!!!