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The piri (Korean: 피리) is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of Korea.Originating in Central Asia, it was introduced to the Korean peninsula from China, and has been used there as early as the Three Kingdoms period in the states of Goguryeo and Baekje. [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.
A bagpipe practice chanter is a double-reed woodwind instrument, principally used as an adjunct to the Great Highland bagpipe. As its name implies, the practice chanter serves as a practice instrument: firstly for learning to finger the different melody notes of bagpipe music, and (after a player masters the bagpipes) to practice new music.
(On a double reed for a chanter) A strip of copper about 1 ⁄ 8 to 3 ⁄ 16 in (3.2 to 4.8 mm) wide and 2 in (51 mm) long with slanted edges used to control the aperture of the two blades of a reed. (On a reed single reed for a drone) A few winds of hemp or else some sort of elastic band to control the length and position of the vibrating tongue.
The crumhorn is a capped reed instrument. Its construction is similar to that of the chanter of a bagpipe. 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.
Northern Chinese hardwood guanzi. The guan (Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn; lit. 'pipe" or "tube') is a Chinese double reed wind instrument. The northern Chinese version is called guanzi or bili (traditional: 篳篥; simplified: 筚篥) and the Cantonese version is called houguan ().
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The double reed woodwinds, the oboe and bassoon, have no mouthpiece. Instead the reed is two pieces of cane extending from a metal tube (oboe – staple) or placed on a bocal (bassoon, English horn). The reed is placed directly on the lips and then played like the double-lip embouchure described above.