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DOUBLE REED INSTRUMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
CONT

Double reeds are two reeds bound together ... When set into motion by a stream of air, the two reeds vibrate against each other, producing a sound. Double reed instruments use the double reed ... The most common double reed instruments are the oboe and the bassoon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
CONT

Les instruments à anche double : hautbois, cor anglais, basson, contrebasson. Ces quatres instruments, de perce conique, sont en bois. Ils sont mis en vibration par une anche double, enfoncée dans l'extrémité du tuyau (pour le hautbois) ou dans un tuyau métallique adventice (appelé bocal) pour le cor anglais, le basson et le contrebasson.

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