Wind Instruments of the Renaissance
The Renaissance is an important time period for modern music and musical instruments. Many styles and techniques came about in this time. More importantly, most of the instruments that we see today have evolved from instruments from the Renaissance. From the year 1450 to 1550, instrumental music became very popular. Also, instruments were being used alone instead of accompanying voices. And because these instruments differed in ranges and size (i.e. soprano, alto, tenor, and bass), they started to become used more and more in ensembles than for accompanying the human voice. Instruments like the guitar, trumpet, trombone, flute and oboe can all be traced back to more primitive counterparts of the Renaissance. Especially with wind instruments, there is an obvious correlation to this time period. Most of the instruments were made out of wood therefore making the instruments much quieter than today’s counterparts. Some, not all, of the instruments used in the Renaissance were the Shawm, Cornett, Recorder, Sackbut, and Flute. All of these instruments operate much the same way. They each have different ways of making the sound by using a reed or buzzing of the lips, but the way pitches are changed is the same. As a finger
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