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A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame. Air pressure is typically generated by breath or with a bellows. In the Hornbostel–Sachs system, it is number: 412.13 (a member of interruptive free aerophones).
- What is a free reed wind instrument?
- How does a free reed instrument work?
- Is Japanese free reed musical instruments?
- Are bagpipes Free Reed?
What is a free reed wind instrument?
A free-reed instrument is a wind instrument that has flexible metal tongues, or reeds, that are located inside the wind chamber and are each attached at one end to a stationary plate.
How does a free reed instrument work?
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).
Is Japanese free reed musical instruments?
The shō (笙) is a Japanese free reed musical instrument that was introduced from China during the Nara period (AD 710 to 794). It is descended from the Chinese sheng, of the Tang Dynasty era, although the shō tends to be smaller in size than its contemporary sheng relatives.
Are bagpipes Free Reed?
NOT Free Reed Instruments
For some reason, bagpipes are often described as free reed instruments. Whilst it would be by no means impossible to make a set of pipes that use free reeds, bagpipes invariably use beating reeds, either single or double.
