What is the Meaning & Definition of Aerophones

Instruments that produce sound through the vibration of air column which is in your tube

The Aerophones, also known and designated as wind instruments belong to a family of musical instruments that produce sound through the vibration of air column that is inside, i.e., within the tube, without the need for intervention of strings or membranes and without even that the instrument vibrates by itself or only require the use of wind to be interpreted in a manner consistent and case is that also they are called as wind instruments.

How these wind instruments?

The wind instruments can consist of one or several tubes. Inside the tube is where the column of air, which the musician make vibrate by blowing through a nozzle or tab that is located at the tip of the tube mentioned will be formed. Although there are exceptions, such as the accordion and the harmonium, in which the breath of the interpreter is replaced by different types of bellows.

Kinds of sound that are capable of producing according to their length, pressure, and diameter

In the aerophones, tone or note height is determined by the length of the tubing will be in final accounts determines the length of the vibrating air column.
Thus to greater most serious tube length will be the sound that comes out of it and to less length we find a sharper sound. Also how much larger is the diameter of the tube will affect the greater severity of the sound and on the other hand if the diameter is less serpa more acute the sound emanating.
And if the air pressure is important the sound will be really sharp it will be more severe if there is no such pressure.
The scale of notes can be obtained by shortening the sound through open holes arranged along the tube length. It is clear that in this situation that is cut is the effective length, not the actual tube, the best example of this is the flute or other types of wood instruments similar to it.
Another way is the shorten or lengthen the sound length using valves or Pistons that connect additional segments or loops, for example, the eustachian tube.
This can also be accomplished through elongation of the tube by means of a sliding mechanism, this would be the case of the trombone.
From there far away in time the realization of a series of holes in tubes has been practicing to modify its length and thus achieve a greater variety of sound and do it with ease. Now, with running of the time systems as indicated are were created to lengthen or shorten the tubes and then combined with the pressure they exerted fingers achieve all the sounds of an instrument.

Classification of the aerophones

There are two classifications of the winds, a more informal and other more formal, coined in 1914.
The first speaks of metals (they are of metal), Woods (of wood) and bodies (this fits the body, barrel organ and similar).
But as this classification as simple and terse can lend to confusion, as there are some wooden instruments that are currently made of metal, it is appropriate to refer to another classification... bevel (includes all the flutes, traversa, sweet, peak) of double reed (oboes and Bassoons), of embouchure (Clarinets, saxophones and its variants), simple tab (this category covers metal winds (, French Horn, trumpet, Euphonium, trombone, tuba, among others), with air tanks (with pipes, tubes or ductless organ, accordion).

The trumpet and saxophone, most popular representatives of this group

Now, from this huge variety we mentioned we should emphasize the relevance and popularity of two of them, trumpet and saxophone, both instruments which have been able to distinguish itself within the species the sonora stamp produced in its interpretation and nor we can ignore the great performers who have had throughout history.
The saxophone has been closely linked to jazz, which has reported him great recognition and preference. And for its part the trumpet has a clear association to the interpretation of pieces in militarily.