free reeds
free reeds is the plural of free reed.
Meaning of free reed
Noun
free reed (plural free reeds)
- A reed in a musical wind instrument whose edges do not overlap the edges of the opening over which it is fixed and that is used typically in the accordion, harmonium, concertina.
- The appearance of a sheng in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century inspired the development of free reed instruments in Western Europe, including the harmonica, accordion, and symphonium (see next page).2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 120
- Antonyms:
- double reed
Questions about free reeds
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- Free reeds is the plural of free reed.
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