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* [[Bass Clarinet]]
 
* [[Bass Clarinet]]
 
* [[Bassoon]]
 
* [[Bassoon]]
* [[Double Bassoon]]
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* [[Contrabassoon]] (or Double Bassoon)
* [[Saxophone Family]]
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* [[Saxophone]] Family (rarely used)
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Woodwind instruments typically play counterpoint to string melodys, and add expression of their own.  A typical modern orchestra will have a piccolo, several flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, as well as an english horn, a bass clarinet and a contra bassoon.  Woodwind instruments provide a warmer sound to the orchestra.
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Woodwind instruments typically play counterpoint to string melodys, and add expression of their own.  A typical modern orchestra will have at least three flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons; one of the players of each type will also usually play a second instrument (a practice called "doubling"): an oboeist will double on english horn, a flutist on piccolo, a clarinetist on bass clarinet or E-flat clarinet, and bassoon on contrabassoon.  Woodwind instruments provide a warmer sound to the orchestra.
    
===Brass===
 
===Brass===
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