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Main article: Woodwind instrument.

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Flutes

Open

Side-blown

End-blown

Single-reed

Double-reed

Exposed

Capped

Quadruple reed

Sextuple reed

Flutes

Open

Side-blown

★ Bansuri (India)

★ Dizi (China)

★ Flute

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★ Fife

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★ Piccolo

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★ Western concert flute

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★ Alto flute

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★ Bass flute

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★ Contra-alto flute

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★ Contrabass flute

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★ Double contrabass flute

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★ Hyperbass flute

★ Irish flute

★ Koudi (China)

★ Nohkan (Japan)

★ Ryuteki (Japan)

★ Shinobue (Japan)

★ Venu (South India)

End-blown

★ Kaval

★ Ney

★ Danso (Korea)

★ Hocchiku (Japan)

★ Hun (Korea)

★ Palendag (Philippines)

★ Panflute

★ Quena (South America)

★ Shakuhachi (Japan)

★ Suling (Indonesia/Philippines)

★ Tumpong (Philippines)

★ Xiao (China)

★ Xun (China)

Single-reed

★ Albogue (Spain)

★ Alboka (Basque Country, Spain)

★ Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations)

★ Aulochrome

★ Chalumeau

★ Clarinet

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★ Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet

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★ Soprano clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)

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★ Saxonette

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★ Basset clarinet

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★ Clarinette d'amour

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★ Basset horn

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★ Alto clarinet

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★ Bass clarinet

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★ Contra-alto clarinet

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★ Contrabass clarinet

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★ Octocontra-alto clarinet

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★ Octocontrabass clarinet

★ Diplica (Baranya)

★ Double clarinet

★ Heckel-clarina

★ Heckelphone-clarinet

★ Hornpipe

★ Launeddas (Sardinia)

★ Mijwiz (Arabic nations)

★ Octavin

★ Pibgorn

★ Saxophone

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★ Soprillo

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★ Sopranino saxophone

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★ Soprano saxophone

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★ Mezzo-soprano saxophone

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★ Alto saxophone

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★ Tenor saxophone

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★ C melody saxophone

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★ Baritone saxophone

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★ Bass saxophone

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★ Contrabass saxophone

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★ Subcontrabass saxophone

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★ Tubax

★ Sipsi

★ Tárogató (after 1890)

★ Xaphoon

★ Zhaleika

Double-reed

Exposed

★ Alghaita (Niger)

★ Bassanelli

★ Bassoon

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★ Contrabassoon

★ Bifora (Sicily)

★ Bombarde (France)

★ Catalan shawm

★ Cromorne (French baroque, different from the crumhorn)

★ Duduk (Armenia)

★ Dulcian

★ Dulzaina (Spain)

★ Guan (China)

★ Heckelphone

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★ Piccolo heckelphone

★ Hichiriki (Japan)

★ Kèn bầu (Vietnam)

★ Mizmar (Arabic nations)

★ Nadaswaram (India)

★ Oboe

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★ Piccolo oboe

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★ Oboe d'amore

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★ Cor anglais (i.e. English horn)

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★ Oboe da caccia

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★ Bass oboe

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★ Contrabass oboe

★ Piri (Korea)

★ Pommer (Europe)

★ Rackett (Europe)

★ Reed contrabass/''Contrabass à anche''

★ Rhaita (North Africa)

★ Rothphone

★ Sarrusophone (but often played with single reed mouthpiece)

★ Shawm (schalmei)

★ Sopila (Croatia)

★ Sorna (Persia)

★ Suona (China)

★ Surnay (Iran)

★ Taepyeongso (Korea)

★ Tárogató (up to about the 18th century)

★ Tromboon

★ Trompeta china (Cuba)

★ Zurla (Macedonia)

★ Zurna

Capped

★ Bagpipes (see Types of bagpipes)

★ Cornamuse

★ Crumhorn

★ Hirtenschalmei

★ Kortholt

★ Rauschpfeife

Quadruple reed

★ Pi (Thailand)

★ Shehnai (India)

★ Sralai (Cambodia)

Sextuple reed

★ Hne (Myanmar)