| 单词 | single reed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassingle reed single reed n. Music a reed or blade of other material that serves as the sounding apparatus of certain wind instruments. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > single reed reed1530 wind-lap1570 single reed1883 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 90/1 It is possible to replace it [sc. the Double reed] in both these instruments by a single reed of clarinet shape, beating against a small wooden mouthpiece. 1920 U. Daubeny Orchestral Wind Instruments vi. 55 There are no instances of the single reed in Egyptian sculpture, but cylindrical pipes of great age fitted with single-beating reeds have been found in Greece. 1931 G. Jacob Orchestral Technique iii. 23 The Clarinet (single-reed instrument). 1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 478/1 Single reeds are idioglott or heteroglott... The beating reed is the most common among Western single reeds (the clarinet reed, for example). 1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance vi. 39/4 The French word chalumeau has been applied to the shawm as well as a detached double-reed bagpipe chanter..and the single-reed precursor of the clarinet. < as lemmas |
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