woodwind
IPA: wˈʊdwɪnd
noun
- (music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.
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Examples of "woodwind" in Sentences
- Kevlar is used in the woodwind reeds of Fibracell.
- The trumpet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family.
- He employs the muted strings and the woodwind of the orchestra.
- It uses imitative patterns of the woodwinds in the second theme.
- He also played in the Chicago Woodwind Quintet during the 1930s.
- The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family.
- More low woodwind and timpani accompany the soloist in several runs.
- Woodwind and harp accompany a pensive version of the 'Dmitriy Motif'.
- In 1780 the first of his woodwind compositions was published at Mannheim.
- The overture concludes with a triumphant reprise of the opening woodwind theme.
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