Mississippi Symphony Woodwind Section

You may remember our visit from the Mississippi Symphony Brass Section. Well, we also had a delightful visit from the woodwind section a few weeks ago. This concert wasn't quite as loud as the brass, but we enjoyed it thoroughly! We saw the flute, oboe, clarinet, and the bassoon. Of these four instruments, the flute is the smallest. Therefore, the flute plays the highest notes. It is the only instrument we saw that did not use a reed. A flute's sound is made when you blow across the top of the mouthpiece...just like when you make sounds by blowing across the top of a coke bottle. The other three instuments are reed instruments. This means that a small bamboo reed is put on the mouthpiece to make the sound vibrate. The bassoon was the largest of the instruments. So, it made the lowest sound.

Thank you to our fabulous music teacher, Mrs. Williams, for all the wonderful opportunities she has given us! We cannot wait to hear the rest of the symphony!