woodwind instrument

NOUN
  1. any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
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  • Other unique curiosities are the 3 Sonatas that the composer wrote for each of the main woodwind instruments; oboe, bassoon and clarinet, although those for cor anglais and flute never saw the light of day.
  • Most woodwind instruments have a single or double reed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The lowest of the four orchestral woodwinds, it was developed from the Renaissance curtal or dulcian in the mid-17th century as part of the general reconstruction of all woodwind instruments that took place in France.
  • Other musical instruments included stringed instruments such as fiddles and harps, and woodwind instruments such as flutes and fifes.
  • This combination of instruments was still in vogue in the time of Haydn and Mozart, and was used in most of their works for the Church except that they sometimes added two flutes, two clarinets (woodwind instrument of ancient origin, so called on account of the resemblance of its tones to the high tones of the clarino, or trumpet), and two trumpets. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
  • Developed from the dulcian, the bassoon has never acquired a fashionable status among woodwind instruments.
  • Woodwind instrument bores were redesigned to extend their range and improve their tone-quality.
  • The Waterloo Stage production loses some of the bigness of the musical numbers, however, by replicating the brass and woodwind instruments on a synthesizer.
  • Other musical instruments included stringed instruments such as fiddles and harps, and woodwind instruments such as flutes and fifes.
  • In woodwind instruments, such as the recorder or flute, the pitch of the note depends on the length of the closed tube.
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