reed
5
5.9
- noun
- /riːd/
:
instrumento de lengüeta
- "I will play for thee," said Pan, producing his reeds.
- reeds and low brass
Examples
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Each flute is carved by hand and fitted with a reed sheath pierced by six holes.
Academic text (2006) -
During the concert, the flutist played a beautiful melody that featured a reed instrument.
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The oboist started to cut another reed, even though she had two already cut.
Fiction book (1994) -
Teaches the double-reed instruments at the University of Alabama music school.
Fiction book (1993) -
The oboe player, who was still learning to master that difficult double-reed instrument, kept making mistakes.
Fiction book (1991) -
I presented a small version of a panpipe-like instrument common in Andean music and a reed pipe.
Academic text (2006) -
Wind instrumentalists can maintain their "chops" by doing buzzing and tonguing exercises with just the mouthpiece or reed.
Academic text (2006) -
On the morning of the 14th, a Mien band playing a double-reed oboe, drum, gong, and cymbals went out along the road to receive the guests and to bring them in the direction of the house.
Academic text (2004) -
The musician crafted a new reed for his oboe, hoping it would enhance the sound.
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She decided to learn how to play the saxophone, which is a popular reed instrument in jazz music.
Synonyms
54
2.9
A metal wind instrument with a single reed often used in jazz and dance music
42
3.1
A wind instrument with a straight tube and a mouthpiece with a thin vibrating reed
13
5.0
A wooden instrument like a small flute that makes a clear high sound using a double reed
1
8.1
A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pushed through thin metal strips using hand pumps
1
4.1
An instrument that makes sound when a reed vibrates, like a clarinet or saxophone
A musical instrument that makes sound when a thin piece of wood or cane vibrates as you blow
A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed
A wind instrument that uses one reed to make sound, like a clarinet or saxophone
A musical instrument that makes sound with two reeds, like an oboe or bassoon
A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica
A small keyboard instrument you play by blowing air through it
Compounds
1
8.1
A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pushed through thin metal strips using hand pumps
- Specialized
1
9.1
A thin metal tongue that vibrates in a slot to make sound in harmonicas or accordions
1
4.1
An instrument that makes sound when a reed vibrates, like a clarinet or saxophone
A musical instrument that makes sound when a thin piece of wood or cane vibrates as you blow
- Specialized
A marsh plant with long narrow leaves and round spiky fruits that stick to fur
- Specialized
A group of water plants with long grass-like leaves and round flower heads
- Specialized
A tall plant in wet places with long leaves and feathery flowers used to make mats and arrow shafts
- Specialized
Two thin pieces of cane joined together that vibrate to make sound in instruments like the oboe
- Specialized
A musical instrument that makes sound with two reeds, like an oboe or bassoon
A tall plant from the Nile valley with strong stems used to make paper and mats
- Australian
A tall grass from Australia with long thin stalks often used for hay
- Specialized
A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica
- UK
A small songbird that lives among reeds by water with a streaked brown back and males with black heads
A tall grass that lives for many years and grows in wet places like riverbanks and ditches
- UK
A tall marsh plant with long flat leaves and long brown seed heads used for weaving mats and chair seats
A grass that grows in wet fields and marshes and provides grazing for cattle
- Specialized
A pipe in an organ that makes sound when a thin metal strip vibrates, giving a bright tone
A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed
A wind instrument that uses one reed to make sound, like a clarinet or saxophone
- Specialized
A thin stiff strip that makes sound when air moves through it in instruments like clarinets
Surface Forms
Etymology
Reed for a musical instrument gets its name from the reed plant, because early wind instruments used reed stems to make sound, so a 'reed' instrument is one that uses that vibrating piece to play music.