wind-instrument

  • 101Bell (instrument) — See also: Tubular bell For the part of a wind instrument, see Wind instrument#Parts. Bell Parts of a typical bell: 1. yoke, 2. crown, 3. head, 4. shoulder, 5. waist …

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  • 102Bore (wind instruments) — The bore of a wind instrument is its interior chamber that defines a flow path through which air travels and is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on the instruments timbre. Contents 1 Bore shapes 1 …

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  • 103brass instrument — a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal with a cup shaped mouthpiece, as the trombone, tuba, French horn, trumpet, or cornet. Also called brass wind. [1850 55] * * * Musical wind instrument, usually made of brass or other metal, in… …

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  • 104Serpent (instrument) — An illustration of a Serpent. A serpent is a bass wind instrument, descended from the cornett, and a distant ancestor of the tuba, with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument but side holes like a woodwind. It is usually a long cone bent into a… …

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  • 105reed instrument — Music. a wind instrument with a single or double reed, as a saxophone or an oboe. Also called reed. * * * Any musical wind instrument that sounds when the player s breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed (a thin blade of cane or metal) to …

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  • 106Guan (instrument) — The guan (; pinyin: guǎn; literally pipe or tube ) where northern China version is called guanzi () or bili (traditional: ; simplified: ) and the Cantonese version is called houguan (). It is classified as a bamboo instrument in the Ba Yin… …

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  • 107Sheng (instrument) — Sheng player beside the River Thames, London, England The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 笙; Pinyin shēng) is a mouth blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. Traditionally, the sheng has b …

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  • 108Blowin' in the Wind — Song infobox Name = Blowin in the Wind Artist = Bob Dylan Album = The Freewheelin Bob Dylan Released = May 27, 1963 track no = 1 Recorded = July 9 1962 – April 24, 1963 at Columbia Studios, New York City Genre = Folk Length = 2:48 Writer = Bob… …

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  • 109Experimental musical instrument — Gage Averill playing an experimental hydraulophone pipe organ made from a piece of sewer drainage pipe and plumbing fittings in 2006 An experimental musical instrument (or custom made instrument) is a musical instrument that modifies or extends… …

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  • 110musical instrument — noun any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑instrument • Derivationally related forms: ↑instrumental (for: ↑instrument), ↑instrumentalist ( …

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