wind player / winds
Loading your saved state.
wind player
A person who plays a wind instrument, such as a trumpet, flute, or clarinet.
Das Orchester sucht noch einen neuen Bläser für die Posaunensektion.
The orchestra is still looking for a new wind player for the trombone section.
winds
The group of wind instruments or the musicians who play them within an orchestra or band; the wind section.
In diesem Stück haben die Bläser einen besonders eindrucksvollen Einsatz.
In this piece, the winds have a particularly impressive entrance.
'Der Bläser' (wind player) is derived from the verb 'blasen' (to blow). The ending '-er' here refers to a person who performs the action — so someone who blows into an instrument.
Er ist ein talentierter Bläser und spielt mehrere Instrumente.
He is a talented wind player and plays several instruments.
In the singular ('ein Bläser' — a wind player) or as a countable plural ('drei Bläser' — three wind players), it usually means an individual person. If the word appears in the plural with the definite article ('die Bläser' — the winds), it often refers to the entire wind section of an orchestra.
Ein Bläser aus dem Orchester hat heute ein Solo gespielt.
A wind player from the orchestra played a solo today.
'Bläser' (wind player) is often the second part of compound words that refer to different types of wind instrumentalists, for example 'Holzbläser' (woodwind players, e.g. flute, clarinet) and 'Blechbläser' (brass players, e.g. trumpet, trombone).
Die Posaune gehört zu den Blechbläsern.
The trombone belongs to the brass instruments.
When the wind section is meant, you often hear phrases such as 'der Einsatz der Bläser' (the entrance of the winds) or the contrast with other instrument groups, such as 'die Bläser und die Streicher' (the winds and the strings).
Der Dirigent gab den Bläsern ein Zeichen für ihren Einsatz.
The conductor gave the winds a cue for their entrance.
