Woodwind

Word WOODWIND
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Definitions and meanings of "Woodwind"

What do we mean by woodwind?

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. noun

Any (mostly wooden) musical instrument which produce sound by the player blowing into them, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon. noun

Related to a woodwind instrument. adjective

Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments noun

Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

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The word "woodwind" in example sentences

A wind instrument classified as a woodwind because it is played with a reed, although it is usually made of metal. ❋ Unknown (2002)

"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 (2011)

Orchestral players have never been over-enthusiastic; the strings are often left to play long, sustained chords and woodwind and brass solos emerge out of the blue, with the players' orchestral parts providing no clue as to their significance. ❋ Unknown (2012)

When we heard the playback, I had the idea to add a woodwind part based on Bill's solo line. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

Britten, a composer whose work Weinberg knew well as his 1965-67 Requiem demonstrates, echoes again and again, especially in low woodwind writing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Somehow Nott manages to hurl himself from waist, head, torso into the body of the orchestra, precise with every cue but inspiring a fiery response, with warm strings and ardent woodwind, even if brass sounded briefly unhappy. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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 (2011)

Its songs are mournfully orchestral, shivering with woodwind and romantic but unstable strings. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The work itself is effectively a dialogue between piano and orchestra rather than a contest, permitting Abbado to show off the poise and grace of the woodwind – there were some wonderfully honed solos here – and the suavity of the strings. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If tonight's performance is bewildering, the surging music really impresses, particularly when guitars, strings, woodwind and brass reach full pelt as on "Aheym", tonight's penultimate track. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Once heard, that first spectacular aural idea never returns in this 30-minute score, written in the 1890s for a late-Romantic orchestra aggrandised with extra horns, low woodwind, tubas, two harps and extravagant percussion. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

The woodwind section ballooned, adding the piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet and the contra bassoon, and the brass picked up as many as eight horns, five trumpets, four trombones and a tuba, to say nothing of the growth of the percussion section and the inclusion of an organ. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The airport has a unisex hair salon, a health station, a pet relief area and an art program with permanent and changing artwork and occasional performances by woodwind and string quartets from the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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