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SIDE TONE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

Any of several holes in the side of a wind instrument... which may be covered or left open by the fingers to change the pitch of the tone.

Key term(s)
  • finger-hole
  • fingerhole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
CONT

Les trous de jeu : sur les sifflets globulaires, ils permettent de moduler la hauteur du son [...]

OBS

trou de jeu : désignation habituellement employée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • trous de jeu

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A reed or blade of other material that serves as the sounding apparatus of certain wind instruments.

CONT

The single reed for the clarinet is made from a slip cut from the stem of "A. donax. "After being trimmed, the reed is flattened on the inner side, while the end of the rounded outer side is scraped down to a feather edge. The thick end of the reed is attached, flat side down, to the mouthpiece by a metal ligature or length of twine. In playing, the thin end of the reed vibrates, alternately closing and opening the space between the reed and the mouthpiece. The vibration carries through the wedged-shaped tone chamber in the mouthpiece and into the air column in the tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Dispositif produisant le son, composé d'une languette vibrant sur la paroi de l'embouchure d'un instrument à vent.

CONT

Dans la clarinette, c'est une anche simple qui fait vibrer l'air.

Spanish

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Record 3 1979-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
CONT

The transmitter and receiver connect with the loop through a speech circuit, which is often referred to as a "two-wire, four-wire" network because the four wires from the handset are reduced to two at the connection with the loop. The primary function of the speech circuit is to separate the circuits for talking and listening in order to limit the amount of the talker's signal(the side tone) in his own receiver.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
CONT

Le microphone et l'écouteur [du téléphone] sont reliés à la ligne par l'intermédiaire d'un circuit "octopôle" (2 fils -- 4 fils) permettant de passer des 4 fils du combiné aux deux fils de la ligne téléphonique. Ce circuit qui permet de séparer le circuit "parole" du circuit "écoute", sert essentiellement à réduire la réinjection de parole dans l'écouteur. On appelle aussi ce circuit l'"antilocal".

Spanish

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