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The British Double Reed Society (BDRS) is a society for players of double reed instruments in the United Kingdom and around the world. It was founded in 1988 to "promote and enhance the interests of all double reed players, whether students, amateurs, professionals or teachers". [ 1 ]
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.
The International Double Reed Society (IDRS), is an organization that promotes the interests of double reed players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts. [1] Services provided by the IDRS include an international oboe and bassoon competition, an annual conference, member directory, a library, information about grants, and publications, such as the society's own journal, The Double Reed.
Seevali is the reed used when playing the nadaswaram, [1] a double reed wind instrument from South India. [2] The nadaswaram is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala [3] and in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka. The reed is made by drying and shaping grass.
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April 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Racketts, from Michael Praetorius ' Syntagma Musicum Theatrum Instrumentorum seu Sciagraphia (1619) The rackett , raggett , cervelas , or sausage bassoon is a Renaissance -era double reed wind instrument , introduced late in the sixteenth century and already superseded by bassoons at the ...
The oboe da caccia (pronounced [ˈɔːboe da (k)ˈkattʃa]; literally "hunting oboe" in Italian), also sometimes referred to as an oboe da silva, is a double reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music. It has a curved tube, and in the case of ...
Musical instrument organizations specializing in double reed instruments. Pages in category "Double reed organizations" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.