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Aerophones > Free aerophones > Interruptive free aerophones > Idiophonic interruptive aerophones or reeds

Preferred term

Idiophonic interruptive aerophones or reeds  

Definition

  • The air stream is directed against a lamella, setting it in periodic vibration to interrupt the stream intermittently. In this group also belong reeds with a 'cover', i.e. a tube in which the air vibrates only in a secondary sense, not producing the sound but simply adding roundness and timbre to the sound made by the reed's vibration; generally recognizable by the absence of fingerholes.

Entry terms

  • HS-412.1

Example

  • Die Zungenpfeifen der Orgel.
  • Organ reed stops.

URI

https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/hsinstruments/4121

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