Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wind instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of reeds in the mouthpiece, as a bassoon, clarinet, oboe, or saxophone, or by the passing of air across the mouthpiece, as a flute.
- noun The section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwind instruments.
- noun Woodwind instruments or their players considered as a group.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music Any (mostly wooden)
musical instrument which produce sound by the player blowing into them, through areed , or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include therecorder ,flute ,piccolo ,clarinet ,oboe ,cor anglais andbassoon . - adjective Related to a woodwind instrument.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
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Examples
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A wind instrument classified as a woodwind because it is played with a reed, although it is usually made of metal.
saxophone 2002
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"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Glenn Kotche and Marcos Balter: Meet the Composers, Chicago-Style Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Glenn Kotche and Marcos Balter: Meet the Composers, Chicago-Style Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Glenn Kotche and Marcos Balter: Meet the Composers, Chicago-Style Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Glenn Kotche and Marcos Balter: Meet the Composers, Chicago-Style Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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They range from the chamber music of the Clarinets, a woodwind trio with Mr. Noriega and Anthony Burr, to the instrumental rock of My Ears Are Bent, an ensemble project led by keyboardist Ted Reichman that features guitarist Mary Halvorson.
Dancing in the Swirl of Skirl Steve Dollar 2011
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On others, as in the case of "I'll Never Leave You," we took the separate harp and woodwind tracks and created a new version of the song that was quite moody and emotional and perfect for where I wanted to use it in the film.
Joseph Vella: The Art of Harry Nilsson Joseph Vella 2011
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"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Glenn Kotche and Marcos Balter: Meet the Composers, Chicago-Style Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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On others, as in the case of "I'll Never Leave You," we took the separate harp and woodwind tracks and created a new version of the song that was quite moody and emotional and perfect for where I wanted to use it in the film.
Joseph Vella: The Art of Harry Nilsson Joseph Vella 2011
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"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Glenn Kotche and Marcos Balter: Meet the Composers, Chicago-Style Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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