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Going Solo Episodes

  1.

    Trumpet

    One of the oldest instruments known to man - even found in the tomb of Tutankhamen

  2. The Bassoon

    The double-reed woodwind instrument that looks like a long wooden tube

  3. Marimba

    The percussion instrument that resembles a big xylophone

  4. Double Bass

    Best known as a jazz instrument, the double bass has kept cab drivers in work for years

  5. The Recorder

    The simple wooden flute that's played vertically

  6. The Cello

    The smaller of the two stringed instruments that sit on the floor

  7. The Trombone

    With its stretched out, sliding, tubing, the trombone can play any note in its compass

  8. The Clarinet

    The wide-ranging reed instrument made from African hardwood with an assortment of valves

  9. The Viola

    A larger version of the violin, but with a characteristic tone colour all of its own

  10. The Horn

    The relationship between the lips, the tubing, and the valves

  11. The Oboe

    The woodwind instrument that derives its sound from two thin pieces of cane

  12. Violin

    How a curved wooden box with a neck, four strings, and a horsehair bow, produces music

  13. The Flute

    One of the world's simplest instruments: a hollow tube with holes drilled in it