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Record 1 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

... any of several wind instruments ... that sound when the player's breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed ... to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column ... or in the open air ...

CONT

Reed instruments. Two kinds of reeds are used in musical instruments, the free reed and the beating reed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
CONT

Parmi les instruments à anche, il en est à «anche battante» et d'autres à «anche libre».

Spanish

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