Aerophones

How Aerophones Work	Common Aerophones
These instruments make sounds as air vibrates through a tube. The vibration begins with either lip vibration as in a trumpet, a reed as in clarinets, saxaphones and organs, a ball as in a whistle or by striking a sharp edge as in a flute. The shape of the soundwave is determined by the width and length of the tube through which the air travels. The longer the tube is, the longer the sound wave is, which means the deeper the sound. If a tube of one length produces the sound of C, then a tube twice a long will produce a sound one octave lower. Play this Sound Play this Sound Play this Sound	Accordian Bagpipe Bassoon Calliope Clarin Clarinet Clarinette d'amour Concertina English horn Conchhorn Flute French horn Harmonica Oboe Ocarina Organ Pan flute/ Panpipes Piccolo Recorder Saxaphone Shakuhachi Sousaphone Trumpet Tuba Urua Zinke

How Aerophones Work

Common Aerophones

These instruments make sounds as air vibrates through a tube. The vibration begins with either lip vibration as in a trumpet, a reed as in clarinets, saxaphones and organs, a ball as in a whistle or by striking a sharp edge as in a flute.

The shape of the soundwave is determined by the width and length of the tube through which the air travels. The longer the tube is, the longer the sound wave is, which means the deeper the sound. If a tube of one length produces the sound of C, then a tube twice a long will produce a sound one octave lower.

Play this Sound

Accordian
Bagpipe
Bassoon
Calliope
Clarin
Clarinet
Clarinette d'amour
Concertina
English horn
Conchhorn
Flute
French horn
Harmonica
Oboe
Ocarina
Organ
Pan flute/ Panpipes
Piccolo
Recorder
Saxaphone
Shakuhachi
Sousaphone
Trumpet
Tuba
Urua
Zinke