What is "woodwinds"

Usage examples of "woodwinds".

Helmholtz, singing, marching in place, would become flag twirlers, drummers, brasses, woodwinds, glockenspiel and all.

In between came chirpings and abrupt paeans of music, like woodwinds essaying tentative melodic runs.

It was the Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens, not his favourite, but good enough for this rabble with its piercing woodwinds and rattling snare drums, effects that he could reproduce in his head if not his muttering, groaning voice.

It was the Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens, not his favorite, but good enough for this rabble with its piercing woodwinds and rattling snare drums, effects that he could reproduce in his head if not his muttering, groaning voice.

The composition was more of a succession of solos rather than a symphony, with passages for string instruments, then for woodwinds, while the percussionists went their own way, resonating with the rest of the orchestra while still sounding independent of it.

There were tremolos on the strings and ominous pronouncements by the trombones and trumpets… Violins… Then a repetition of the theme by cellos and woodwinds.