double-reed

[ duhb-uhl-reed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Music.

of or relating to wind instruments producing sounds through two reeds fastened and beating together, as the oboe.

double-reed

relating to or denoting a wind instrument in which the sounds are produced by air passing over two reeds that vibrate against each other

First recorded in 1875–80

Omacatl (double reed) was the god or spirit of mirth and festival.

As he went he lifted the slender double reed to his lips and blew a few careless notes.

The bell and the crook containing the double reed mouthpiece were side by side at the top.

The oboe is a representative type of the higher pitched double-reed instruments.

These instruments were played by means of a bell-shaped mouthpiece, the double reed being fixed inside the tube.

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