CONTENTS:

• Woodwind instruments, including tunings, usual clefs
• Glossary of woodwind terminology
• Transposing instruments
• Detailed notes, including examples in 17th, 18th and 19th century music, on the following forms and structures:
• Minuet and trio, scherzo
• Air with variations
• Recitative and aria

Analysis with musical examples from the score:

• Mozart: K563 3rd movement, Minuet and Trio
• Handel: “Comfort ye” and “Every Valley” from “The Messiah”.