List of woodwind instruments explained

See main article: Woodwind instrument.

Flutes

See main article: Flute.

• Piccolo
• Western concert flute
• Fife
• Alto flute
• Bass flute
• Contra-alto flute
• Contrabass flute
• Subcontrabass flute
• Double contrabass flute
• Hyperbass flute
• Bansuri (India)
• Irish flute
• Koudi (China)
• Dizi (China)
• Native American flute
• Daegeum (Korea)
• Nohkan (Japan)
• Ryūteki (Japan)
• Shinobue (Japan)
• Švilpa (Lithuania)
• Venu (India)
• Kaval (Anatolian-Turkic, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
• Fyell (Albanian Polla)
• Ney (Anatolian-Turkic)
• Danso (Korea)
• Hocchiku (Japan)
• Hun (Korea)
• Palendag (Philippines)
• Panflute (Greece)
• Suling (Indonesia/Philippines)
• Tumpong (Philippines)
• Xiao (China)
• Xun (China)
• Khlui (Thailand)
• Matófono (Argentina/Uruguay)

Notched

• Quena (South America)
• Shakuhachi (Japan)

Internal Duct (fipple)

• Almpfeiferl (Austria)
• Caval (Romania)
• Diple (or Dvojnice, a double recorder) (Serbia)
• Flageolet (France)
• Fluier (Romania)
• Frula (Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia)
• Furulya (Hungary)
• Gemshorn (Germany)
• Ocarina (South America, England, China, and various other countries)
• Organ pipe The pipes of the church/chamber organ are actually fipple flutes.
• Recorder (General)
• Tin Whistle (Pennywhistle) (Ireland)
• Shvi (Armenia)
• Dilli Kaval (Turkey)

Overblown

• Fujara (Slovakia)
• Futujara

Single reed

• Alboka (Basque Country, Spain)
• Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations)
• Aulochrome
• Chalumeau
• Clarinet
  • Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet
  • Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)
    • • Soprano clarinet Saxonette
  • Basset clarinet
  • Clarinette d'amour
  • Basset horn
  • Alto clarinet
  • Bass clarinet
  • Contra-alto clarinet (E♭ contrabass clarinet)
  • Contrabass clarinet
  • Octocontra-alto clarinet
  • Octocontrabass clarinet
• Diplica (Baranya)
• Double clarinet
• Heckel-clarina
• Heckelphone-clarinet

• Hornpipe
• Launeddas (Sardinia)
• Manzello
• Mijwiz (Arabic nations)
• Octavin
• Pibgorn
  • • Saxophone Soprillo
  • Sopranino saxophone
  • Soprano saxophone
  • Mezzo-soprano saxophone
  • Alto saxophone
  • Tenor saxophone
  • C melody saxophone
  • Baritone saxophone
  • Bass saxophone
  • Contrabass saxophone
  • Subcontrabass saxophone
  • Tubax
• Sipsi
• Sneng
• Stritch
• Tárogató (after 1890)
• Xaphoon
• Zhaleika

Double-reed

• Algaita
• Aulos
• Balaban (instrument) (Azerbaijan)
• Bassanelli
• Bassoon
  • Soprano bassoon
  • Tenoroon
  • Contrabassoon
• Biforaers (Sicily)
• Bombardeers (France)
• Catalan shawm
• Cromorne (French baroque, different from the crumhorn)
• Contra Forte
• Duduk (Armenia)
• Dulcian
• Dulzaina (Spain)
• Heckelphone
  • Piccolo heckelphone
• Hichiriki (Japan)
• Kèn bầu (Vietnam)
• Mizmar (Arabic nations)
  • • • Nadaswaram Oboe Piccolo oboe
  • Oboe d'amore
  • Cor anglais (i.e. English horn)
  • Oboe da caccia
  • Bass oboe
  • 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)
• Sopilas (Croatia)
• Sornas (Persia)
• Suona (China)
• Surnayers (Iran)
• Taepyeongso (Korea)
• Tárogatós (Hungary; up to about the 18th century)
• Tromboon
• Trompeta china (Cuba)
• Zurla (Macedonia)
• Zurna

Capped

• Bagpipes (see Types of bagpipes)
• Cornamuse
• Crumhorn
• Hirtenschalmei
• Kortholt
• Rauschpfeife

Triple reed

• Hne (Myanmar)

Quadruple reed

• Pi (Thailand)
• Shehnai (India)
• Sralai (Cambodia)