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  2. Double reed - Wikipedia

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    A double reed [1] is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments.In contrast with a single reed instrument, where the instrument is played by channeling air against one piece of cane which vibrates against the mouthpiece and creates a sound, a double reed features two pieces of cane vibrating against each other.

  3. List of woodwind instruments - Wikipedia

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    Alboka (Basque Country, Spain); Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations); Aulochrome; Chalumeau; Clarinet. Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet; Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)

  4. Aulos - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of the mouthpiece of an aulos. [5]There were several kinds of aulos, single or double.The most common variety was a reed instrument. [6] Archeological finds, surviving iconography and other evidence indicate that it was double-reeded, like the modern oboe, but with a larger mouthpiece, like the surviving Armenian duduk. [7]

  5. Crumhorn - Wikipedia

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    A double reed is mounted inside a long windcap. Blowing through a slot in the windcap produces a musical note. The pitch of the note can be varied by opening or closing finger holes along the length of the pipe. One unusual feature of the crumhorn is its shape; the end is bent upwards in a curve resembling the letter 'J'.

  6. Woodwind instrument - Wikipedia

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    Exposed double-reed instruments are played by having the double reed directly between the player's lips. This family includes instruments such as the oboe, cor anglais (also called English horn), and bassoon, and many types of shawms throughout the world. Capped double-reed instruments, on the other hand, have the double reed covered by a cap ...

  7. Shawm - Wikipedia

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    The shawm (/ ʃ ɔː m /) is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance periods, after which it was gradually eclipsed by the oboe family of descendant instruments in classical music .

  8. Duduk - Wikipedia

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    While "duduk" most commonly refers to the double reed instrument described on this page, there is a very similar instrument played in northwestern Bulgaria. This is a blocked-end flute known as a kaval , resembling the Serbian frula , or kavalče in a part of Macedonia, [ 22 ] and as duduk in northwest Bulgaria.

  9. Category:Double-reed instruments - Wikipedia

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    Double-reed instrument stubs (56 P) Pages in category "Double-reed instruments" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.