woodwind
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- noun
- /ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/
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instrumento de viento
- In marching bands, the woodwind section often provides the melodic lines that complement the brass.
- woodwinds and brass
- woodwinds and strings
- woodwinds and percussion
If we take C, I've got a woodwind sound and I orchestrate A.
- If we take C, I've got a woodwind sound and I orchestrate A.
- You know, he just built like a damn, you know, he's built like a let me look at these woodwind instruments.
Examples
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The woodwinds were to his right, and the brass and percussion were in the center in the back.
Academic text (2007) -
The orchestration is mostly just for strings and continuo, though three numbers have various woodwinds in them.
Academic text (2000) -
This is a family of woodwind instruments that make people really cool.
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Now, one of the woodwinds, a flute.
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Each teacher of woodwinds, brass, or strings travels to several schools a week.
Academic text (1994) -
Some universities have their instrumental students take a woodwinds methods course in which they study all the woodwind instruments in one semester.
Academic text (2005) -
We recorded strings, woodwinds, and harp separately, meaning we could remove sections altogether if need be.
Blog text (19) -
Choose a sampling of ten students—some brass, some woodwind; some advanced, some weak; some with private lessons, some without.
Academic text (1996) -
One might even create a slightly different fundamentals section for each subgroup of the ensemble (e.g., woodwinds, brass, percussion).
Academic text (2009) -
There are several piano concerti, violin concerti, and other works dispersed among the celli, violas, and woodwinds.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A musical instrument played by blowing air, like a flute
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A wind instrument like a flute or clarinet that you play by blowing air
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An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
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A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe
Compounds
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A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe
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A group of instruments that make sound when someone blows into them, like a flute or clarinet
A wind instrument that uses one reed to make sound, like a clarinet or saxophone
Surface Forms
Morphology
woodwind = wood + wind (semi-transparent) = wood + wind
The parts 'wood' + 'wind' clearly indicate a class of wind instruments historically made of wood, but the term's technical scope (it excludes brass and may include metal instruments like modern flutes) introduces a nuance learners might not infer.
Etymology
Woodwind is made from two simple words, wood and wind, and means instruments originally made of 'wood' that make sound when you blow 'wind' through them. That's why flutes, oboes and clarinets are called woodwinds.