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  2. Reed (mouthpiece) - Wikipedia

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    The earliest types of single-reed instruments used idioglottal reeds, where the vibrating reed is a tongue cut and shaped on the tube of cane. Much later, single-reed instruments started using heteroglottal reeds, where a reed is cut and separated from the tube of cane and attached to a mouthpiece of some sort. By contrast, in an uncapped ...

  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. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    free reed instruments: reed organ/recorder Pipe organ Flue pipes: aerophones: 421.221.11: fipple flutes: recorder Pipe organ (free reed pipes) aerophones: 412.132: free reed instruments: reed organ Pipe organ (reed pipes) aerophones: 422.112: reed instruments: organ Pitch pipe: aerophones: 412.131: free reed instruments: pitch pipe Pocket ...

  5. List of European medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Traditional instruments of shepherds. Reedpipes in which the reed body has been replaced by another material such as wood or bone. The single reed (once part of the body of the reedpipe) is now separated; it is now inserted into the instrument's body. The other end of the reed is inserted into the musicians mouth and blown through to produce sound.

  6. Dulcian - Wikipedia

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    The reed on the dulcian is fully exposed, allowing the player to control the sound and intonation by embouchure. At the time it first appeared, other double reed instruments either had the reed fully enclosed, like the crumhorn or the bagpipe, or partially enclosed by a pirouette, like the shawm. It has been argued the dulcian displaced the ...

  7. Cajun accordion - Wikipedia

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    The Cajun accordion is generally defined as a single-row diatonic accordion, as compared to multiple-row instruments commonly used in Irish, Italian, polka, and other styles of music. The Cajun accordion has four reed ranks , i.e., four reeds for each melody button, and each reed bank is controlled by a corresponding stop or knob on the top of ...

  8. Single-reed instrument - Wikipedia

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    [1] [page needed] The earliest types of single-reed instruments used idioglottal reeds, where the vibrating reed is a tongue cut and shaped on the tube of cane. Much later, single-reed instruments started using heteroglottal reeds, where a reed is cut and separated from the tube of cane and attached to a mouthpiece of some sort.

  9. Zhaleika - Wikipedia

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    The zhaleika was a shepherd's instrument used to perform solos, duets, or ensemble pieces. The earliest single-reed pipe instruments date back to about 2700 BCE in Egypt, where most of these instruments most commonly had double pipes and used idioglot reeds. [4]