reed instrument

Other forms: reed instruments

Definitions of reed instrument

1. noun

   a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
   synonyms: beating-reed instrument, reed

   types:

   double reed, double-reed instrument

   a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together

   free-reed

   a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture

   single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind

   a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)

   bassoon

   a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

   clarinet

   a single-reed instrument with a straight tube

   English horn, cor anglais

   a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

   hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn

   an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone

   cromorne, crumhorn, krummhorn

   a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)

   hautbois, hautboy, oboe

   a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

   sax, saxophone

   a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

   type of:

   wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument

   any wind instrument other than the brass instruments