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Definition of Double reed

1. Noun. A woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together.

2. Noun. A pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds.

Definition of Double reed

1. Noun. (music) A pair of reeds, in any of several wind instruments, that are joined together and vibrate together ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Reed

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Literary usage of Double reed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"The double reed, as used in the oboe and the bassoon, is constructed of two ... The single reed is used also on the saxophone, and the double reed for the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A double reed associated with a cylindrical pipe can only be used for columns of air ... By the flattening necessary to form "the tongues of a double reed, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"(J2) Pipes with conical bore and cither single or double reed mouthpiece. This class comprises the important members of the oboe family (with double reed) ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Practice has demonstrated that the reed stalk of which the double reed ... The vibrations of the double reed produce in the stream of compressed air issuing ..."

5. English Music 1604 to 1904: Being the Lectures Given at the Music Loan by Worshipful Company of Musicians (1906)
"... THE SINGLE AND double reed INSTRUMENTS. BY DJ BLAIKLEY. ... Illustrations of Old Writing for Four Double-reed Instruments— 2. ..."

6. The Wind-band and Its Instruments: Their History, Construction, Acoustics by Arthur A. Clappé (1911)
"... to the double-reed conical-tube family of wind instruments, in which it occupies the position of soprano to the cor anglais and bassoon respectively. ..."

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