WOODWINDINSTRUMENT

Woodwind instrument

Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments . What differentiates these instruments from other wind instruments is the way in which they produce their sound.

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woodwind instrument

Noun

  1. A musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by vibrating a thin piece of wood or metal known as the reed, and in which the pitch is governed by the resonant frequencies of an enclosed air column.


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