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  • adjective Having a double reed

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Examples

  • To suggest the sparkling Swiss meadows in the calm following the storm, Rossini evokes both the Italian Baroque tradition of shepherd songs in 3/8 time and the traditional Swiss herdsman's melody known as the "Ranz des Vaches," with a lovely melody for the rustic, double-reed lyricism of the English horn in alternation with the flute.

    The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011

  • At first hearing, the similarities between the contraforte and the contrabassoon are evident: both instruments hang out in the dark, lowest register of the double-reed universe.

    Audio: The contrabassoon vs. contraforte Mike McPhate 2010

  • Marc Lowenstein was an alert leader of the Los Angeles-based Ensemble Green, configured on Thursday with strings, percussion, and the double-reed woodwinds.

    Rodney Punt: The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth: A Chamber Opera of Horrors at Fais Do-Do 2010

  • The duo began calmly, the serpentine music seemingly focused on ushering listeners into a trance as Saeid Shanbehzadeh played pipe, flute or neyanban, a double-reed bagpipe.

    The Globalfest Melting Pot 2009

  • Allegra also plays the bassoon, not because she loves the sound but because she believes that this unusually difficult double-reed instrument will give her an edge on an Ivy League college admission.

    THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

  • Allegra also plays the bassoon, not because she loves the sound but because she believes that this unusually difficult double-reed instrument will give her an edge on an Ivy League college admission.

    THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

  • Duck calls come in single - and double-reed models; most beginners find double reeds require less effort to blow and are easier to get a "ducky" sound from.

    Get Quacking 1999

  • We must also place among double-reed instruments the various bagpipes, cornemuses, and musettes, which are shawm or oboe instruments with reservoirs of air, and furnished with drones inclosing single reeds.

    Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various

  • The _sarrusophone_ is an instrument with a double-reed.

    Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • The oboe is a representative type of the higher pitched double-reed instruments.

    Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884

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