double reed

What exactly is a "double reed" ? An oboe reed is made from two pieces of cut cane, which is why it's called "double" reed. They are strapped to a metal pipe face-to-face by a string. The cork portion attached around the metal pipe fits into the upper joint socket.

reed instrument, in music, any of several wind instruments (aerophones) that sound when the player's breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed (a thin blade of cane or metal) to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column (in reed pipes) or in the open air (usually free reeds).

The mouthpieces for some woodwinds, including the clarinet, oboe and bassoon, use a thin piece of wood called a reed, which vibrates when you blow across it. The clarinet uses a single reed made of one piece of wood, while the oboe and bassoon use a double reed made of two pieces joined together.

Auxiliary double reeds such as English horn and contrabassoon have their own sets of measurements, which are subject to the requirements of the player.

• Bagpipe of Portugal reed (gaita transmontana)
• Bassoon reed.
• Bombard reed.
• Crumhorn reed.
• Duduk reed.
• Dulzaina reed.
• Gralla reed.
• Oboe reed.

The most common orchestral double reeds are the bassoon (top), cor anglais and oboe. (Figure from The acoustics of woodwind musical instruments.

The oboe and its double reeds ancestors are probably one of the oldest instruments, dating back to 2,800 BC. We know of its antiquity because similar double-tongue instruments appear in works of art and in literature making reference to countries such as India , Mongolia, China, Arabia, Greece and Japan.

a type of tall, stiff grass that grows near water. A reed is also a thin strip of wood in some musical instruments, such as the clarinet or oboe, that produces sound when air is blown over it.

1. a. : any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas. b. : a stem of a reed.

Breathing Is Hard When Playing The oboe is unique in this area because you are playing through a very small opening, the double-reed, and therefore you cannot expel all the air in your lungs through the instrument before running out of oxygen in that air in your lungs.

Unique within the family of wind instruments, double reed instruments feature reeds with two pieces of cane that vibrate against each other when a musician blows against them. As you've probably guessed, single reed instruments use only one piece of cane to produce sound.

The oboe and its double reeds ancestors are probably one of the oldest instruments, dating back to 2,800 BC. We know of its antiquity because similar double-tongue instruments appear in works of art and in literature making reference to countries such as India , Mongolia, China, Arabia, Greece and Japan.

Double reeds (as in the shawm) are believed to be older. They were originally tubes of cane pinched flat to form a slit whose edges vibrated in and out under the player's breath. Later, two blades were tied together, or (in Europe) one was doubled back and slit.