aulos
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of aulos
From the Greek word aulós tube, pipe, flute
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Because it took more skill to play the aulos, you would need training from a teacher – or perhaps, if you were wealthy, you could just hire experienced musicians to play for you.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022
The aulos was a more sophisticated woodwind instrument consisting of two pipes.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022
The goddess Athena was said to have invented the aulos but thrown it away when she realized how ghastly she looked while playing it.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2016
The aulos requires a technique called circular breathing, and when Mr. Brown plays it, his cheeks puff out and his eyes bulge.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2016
There is good reason to think that the ancient Greeks understood the advantage of a speaker-hole, which they called Syrinx, for facilitating the production of harmonics on the aulos.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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