What is the electric wind instrument?

The electric wind, also known as the "electric saxophone" or "electronic wind instruments", with the continuous development of the level of science and technology, on the basis of traditional musical instruments innovation.

In this sense, the electric blowpipe is a new musical instrument compared to the traditional wind instruments; while the electro-acoustic instruments themselves have their own development history, the electric blowpipe can also be understood as not a new musical instrument. In short, the electric windpipe belongs to a kind of electronic musical instrument that has become popular and popular in recent years, and it is suitable for all kinds of people to learn and play, and it can play the music of N kinds of musical instruments.

The electric windpipe utilizes electroacoustic principles to simulate traditional wind music. The electric windpipe is essentially an electro-acoustic instrument, which is different from traditional instruments. This instrument can simulate a wide variety of wind music sounds in reality.

It is based on the principle that airflow is used to control the electric current, and the current signal is then converted into a sound signal to produce music. From a timbre point of view, the electric windpipe has a richer timbre, with the timbre of many different instruments built in. On the other hand, the windpipe is considerably less difficult to play than traditional real wind instruments

History of the windpipe:

The history of the windpipe (invented in 1972) is indeed a step behind that of the electric guitar (1932) and the electronic synthesizer (1955), but it's also been in development for nearly 60 years, making it a musical instrument that has stood the test of time.

Favored by top performers, there were only about 700 electric blowpipes sold in the world in total*** until it was acquired by Yakka. It's fair to say that early musicians have sustained it to this day.

Famous saxophonist Michael Brecker, for example, used Yagya's EWI 3000 electric blowpipe to play complete tracks by himself, utilizing its ultra-wide range and loop recording capabilities, and the purely electronic sounding electric blowpipe played by the Japanese band T -SQUARE at the Asian Music Festival in 1994 influenced a generation of composers