Simulated musical wind instrument

A method of simulating a musical wind instrument, the method comprising:

• receiving air into a windway of a mouthpiece, the air initially received into a fipple section of the mouthpiece;
• compressing the air within the fipple section as the air travels down the windway;
• regulating the air through a vent located in the fipple section of the mouthpiece, the vent in fluid communication with the windway;
• sensing the air within a stem engagement section of the instrument, wherein sensing the air includes sampling the air from the windway to periodically measure a static air pressure of the windway;
• processing data from the measured, static air pressure;
• and
• transmitting the processed data to a computing device.

A mouthpiece for a simulated musical wind instrument, the mouthpiece comprising:

• a fipple section having an inlet for receiving a player's breath and further having a vent opening sized to regulate air pressure from the breath;
• a stem engagement section;
• a windway that extends through the fipple section and the stem engagement section;
• and
• a pressure sensor in the stem engagement section, the pressure sensor configured to sample the breath from the windway to obtain a static air pressure measurement.