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Going Solo

How instruments are made, how they work - and how they sound on their own

World Service,13 episodes

Episodes

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The Flute
One of the world's simplest instruments: a hollow tube with holes drilled in it
29 Aug 1996,4 mins
Violin
How a curved wooden box with a neck, four strings, and a horsehair bow, produces music
30 Aug 1996,4 mins
The Oboe
The woodwind instrument that derives its sound from two thin pieces of cane
30 Aug 1996,3 mins
The Horn
The relationship between the lips, the tubing, and the valves
19 Sep 1996,4 mins
The Viola
A larger version of the violin, but with a characteristic tone colour all of its own
26 Sep 1996,4 mins
The Clarinet
The wide-ranging reed instrument made from African hardwood with an assortment of valves
01 Oct 1996,4 mins
The Trombone
With its stretched out, sliding, tubing, the trombone can play any note in its compass
07 Oct 1996,4 mins
The Cello
The smaller of the two stringed instruments that sit on the floor
07 Oct 1996,4 mins
The Recorder
The simple wooden flute that's played vertically
28 Oct 1996,4 mins
Double Bass
Best known as a jazz instrument, the double bass has kept cab drivers in work for years
28 Oct 1996,4 mins
Marimba
The percussion instrument that resembles a big xylophone
28 Oct 1996,4 mins
The Bassoon
The double-reed woodwind instrument that looks like a long wooden tube
01 Nov 1996,4 mins
Trumpet
One of the oldest instruments known to man - even found in the tomb of Tutankhamen
21 Nov 1996,4 mins