20 20 terms about music and reed instruments terms
Terms which I am going to use in my presentation about reed instruments.
Bassoon
noun
a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached.
Example: Mahler remembered that at one of the general rehearsals the third bassoon was absent; at which Beethoven fretted and fumed.
en: fagot
Bell
noun
the bowl-shaped termination of the tube of certain musical wind instruments, such as the trumpet or oboe
Example: The saxophone consists of four fundamental parts: the neck, the body, the U-shaped bow, and the round, flared bell.
en: zvon, ozvučnica
Brass
noun
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
Example: I find it difficult to believe that it took three days to remove the paint from these brasses but inquiries are being made into this.
en: mosadz
Clarinet
noun
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
Example: What’s more, small differences between clarinet players’ techniques can have a big impact on the speeds and concentrations of aerosols that players release.
en: klarinet
Conservatory
noun
a school giving instruction in one or more of the fine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.
Example: She briefly taught at the conservatory and once performed, as part of a group of 21 pianists, with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.
en: konzervatórium
Descend
verb
to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission
Example: As with many instruments we are familiar with today, the clarinet descended from an older instrument called the Chalumeau.
en: vzísť, zostúpiť
English horn
noun
a large oboe, a fifth lower in pitch than the ordinary oboe, having a pear-shaped bell and producing a mellow tone.
Example: The pear-shaped bell of the English horn gives it a more covered timbre than the oboe, closer in tonal quality to the oboe d'amore.
en: anglický roh
Ensemble
noun
the united performance of an entire group of singers, musicians, etc.
Example: Corea extended that freedom of expression into his own musical ensembles.
en: ansámbel, súbor
Flute
noun
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
Example: The flute is my livelihood and I’m trying every possible thing I can do to get it back.
en: flauta
Ligature
noun
a metal band for securing the reed of a clarinet or saxophone to the mouthpiece
Example: The ligature holds the reed on the mouthpiece and different ligatures apply different amounts of pressure on the reed, changing the sound the instrument makes.
en: ligatúra
Mouthpiece
noun
the part of a wind instrument into which the player blows
Example: While some musicians opted to stay in lockdown, others moved rehearsals and performances outside, often using makeshift bell covers or musician masks with space for a mouthpiece.
en: hubica
Oboe
noun
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
Example: For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music.
en: hoboj
Orchestra
noun
a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
Example: As a director, you’re essentially a conductor of an orchestra.
en: orchester
Pitch
noun
the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced.
Example: In musical notation, the different vertical positions of notes indicate different pitches.
en: ladenie
Recorder
noun
music a wind instrument of the flute family, blown through a fipple in the mouth end, having a reedlike quality of tone.
Example: Recorders are made in various sizes with names and compasses roughly corresponding to various vocal ranges.
en: zobcová flauta
Reed
noun
a thin piece of cane or metal inserted into the tubes of certain wind instruments, which sets in vibration the air column inside the tube
Example: Musical instruments are classified according to the type and number of reeds.
en: plátok
Saxophone
noun
a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.
Example: Starr was a music teacher and songwriter who played flute, bass, saxophone and an electronic wind synthesizer.
en: saxofón
Shawm
noun
an early musical woodwind instrument with a double reed: the forerunner of the modern oboe.
Example: The name is believed to be derived from calamaula, a reed-pipe, which was corrupted to chalem-elle and then to shawm.
en: šalmaj
Tuning
noun
the accurate pitching of notes and intervals by a choir, orchestra, etc; intonation
Example: The tuning of an organ is seriously affected by the temperature of the surrounding air.
en: ladenie
Woodwind
noun
a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
Example: Brass instruments, woodwinds and drums blared, with bass lines audible from the stairwell.
