single reed

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.

The reed in single reed instruments is clamped to the mouthpiece so that only a very narrow opening remains between the tip of the reed and the mouthpiece. When the player closes their lips around the mouthpiece and blows, a tone is created as the reed vibrates against the mouthpiece.

a musical instrument, such as the clarinet or oboe, that produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.

reed instruments The single reed for the clarinet is made from a slip cut from the stem of A. donax. After being trimmed, the reed is flattened on the inner side, while the end of the rounded outer side is scraped down to a feather edge.

The Single Reed instruments are: the Clarinet family and, exceptionally in the orchestra, the Saxophone family.

Reed pipes have single or double reeds. 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.

Being a tone generator, the reed is a very important part of the instrument. Even more so than the resonator, which is the bore of the mouthpiece and the instrument. Whether the reed is balanced or not affects the vibration of the air column and hence affects the fundamental tone.

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.

In flutes, the airstream is directed against a sharp edge; in reeds, the air column in the tube is caused to vibrate between beating parts of a multiple reed or between a beating single reed and a mouthpiece. Essential to sound production in reedpipes is the reed itself.

A good rule of thumb is you should replace your reed every 2-4 weeks, no matter how often you're playing your instrument. You may want to replace your reeds more frequently if you're practicing several hours each day. Some reeds also may not last as long as others, every reed plays slightly differently.

The Single Reed instruments are: the Clarinet family and, exceptionally in the orchestra, the Saxophone family. Regarding the Double Reed instruments, they use a cane folded double wrapped on a metal tube. When the doubled cane is cut it provide two precisely canes.

Single reeds are used on the mouthpieces of clarinets and saxophones. The back of the reed is flat and is placed against the mouthpiece. These reeds are roughly rectangular in shape and taper towards the thin tip, which is rounded to match the curve of the mouthpiece tip.