bassoon), there is no mouthpiece; the two parts of the reed vibrate against one another. Single reeds are used on the mouthpieces of clarinets and saxophones...
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The mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument is that part of the instrument which is placed partly in the player's mouth. Single-reed instruments, capped double-reed...
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List of woodwind instruments (section Single reed)
Rackett (Europe) Reed contrabass/Contrabass à anche Rhaita (North Africa) Rothphone Sarrusophone (but often played with single reed mouthpiece) Shawm (Schalmei)...
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reeds, where a reed is cut and separated from the tube of cane and attached to a mouthpiece of some sort. By contrast, in a double reed instrument (such...
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sax players", or "saxophonists". The tenor saxophone uses a larger mouthpiece, reed and ligature than the alto and soprano saxophones. Visually, it is...
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Saxophone (section Mouthpiece and reed)
single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. Each size of saxophone (alto, tenor, etc.) uses a different size of reed and mouthpiece. Most saxophonists...
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independence Reeding, the process or effect of creating "reeds" around the edges of coins, furniture, and architectural columns Reed (mouthpiece), the vibrating...
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against one piece of cane which vibrates against the mouthpiece and creates a sound, a double reed features two pieces of cane vibrating against each other...
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marching music. Although originally designed as double-reed instruments, single-reed mouthpieces were later developed for use with the larger bass and...
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whistle mouthpiece, as in a recorder (a duct flute); into a single-reed mouthpiece, as in a modern-day clarinet or saxophone; or into a double-reed mouthpiece...
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attempts to improve the instrument included a 24-keyed model and a single-reed mouthpiece, but both these had adverse effects on tone and were abandoned. Coming...
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form a bell, and a smaller end connected to a mouthpiece. The baritone saxophone uses a single reed mouthpiece like that of a clarinet. There is a loop in...
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Sneng (category Free reed aerophones)
on the side of the horn, where a bamboo single-free-reed mouthpiece is fastened with wax. The reed there can be either blown or sucked to produce a tone...
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instruments, sound is produced by blowing through a reed; others require buzzing into a metal mouthpiece, while yet others require the player to blow into...
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Woodwind instrument (section Reed instruments)
into two types: single reed and double reed. Single-reed woodwinds produce sound by fixing a reed onto the opening of a mouthpiece (using a ligature). When...
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Embouchure (section Reed instrument embouchure)
teeth in playing a wind instrument. This includes shaping the lips to the mouthpiece of a woodwind or brass instrument. The word is of French origin and is...
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which holds a reed onto the mouthpiece of a single-reed instrument such as a saxophone or clarinet. The ligature must secure the reed firmly against...
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Tibia (reedpipe) (category Double-reed instruments)
tibia obliqua but shorter, body made from reed or cane, mouthpiece perpendicular to body at the end, reed mouthpiece shaped to modulate tones. Monaulos (μοναυλος)...
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popular double reeded, oboe-like instrument made out of Apricot tree wood. The Moroccan oboe, also called the rhaita, has a double-reed mouthpiece that echoes...
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sound is produced by a vibrating reed mouthpiece) chalumeau register, the lower notes of a clarinet's range (another reed instrument) Qalam, Arabic pen Nonnos...
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See media help. The clarinet is a woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece. A clarinet player is known as a clarinetist. Originally, the clarinet...
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Contrabass sarrusophone (section Reed)
double reed, but single reed mouthpieces have also been used. These mouthpieces are similar in size to soprano or alto saxophone mouthpieces. Contrabass...
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responds to breath (wind) pressure as well as lip pressure on a simulated reed mouthpiece similar to that of a saxophone or clarinet. The wind and lip pressure...
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Mouthguard (redirect from Mouthpiece (protection))
PMID 17241103. S2CID 35006939. Reed RV (1994). "Origin and early history of the dental mouthpiece". British Dental Journal. 176 (12): 478–80...
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Melodica (category Free reed aerophones)
free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that...
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Heckelphone-clarinet (category Single-reed instruments)
overblowing the octave, and with clarinet-like fingerings. It has a single-reed mouthpiece attached to a short metal neck, similar to an alto clarinet. The heckelphone-clarinet...
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Harmonica (section Mouthpiece)
into or out of one (or more) holes along a mouthpiece. Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed. The most common is the diatonic Richter-tuned...
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Sordun (category Double-reed instruments)
not with ambient air. At the top of the cylinder was fitted a double-reed mouthpiece giving access to the column of air at one end of the bore, while the...
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Heckel-clarina (category Single-reed instruments)
saxophone. It has the fingering of the oboe and a clarinet-type single-reed mouthpiece. Two versions were available: a sopranino in E-flat and a soprano in B-flat...
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