double reed

1. A pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce sound in certain wind instruments, such as bassoons and oboes.

2. An instrument in which sound is produced by a pair of joined reeds.

dou′ble-reed′ adj.

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Noun	1.	double reed - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together double-reed instrument bassoon - a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds cor anglais, English horn - a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch cromorne, crumhorn, krummhorn - a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) hautbois, hautboy, oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
	2.	double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together vibrating reed, reed - a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"

Translations

dobbelt rørblad

Doppelrohrblatt

Dubbelriet

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In English it becomes hautboy, a wooden musical instrument of two-foot tone, I believe, played with a double reed, an oboe, in fact.

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The tongue must be free to articulate against the reed or plalate in single reed and double reed instruments.

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It's a double reed in the chanter and they tend to split.

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To conclude, as a student of the South Asian performance cultures, especially that of India and Nepal, and as someone who believes in guru-shishya parampara or teaching-learning heritage, I think that the plays discussed by Esslin and Bennett, including their works--The Theatre of the Absurd and Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd respectively--make a "double reed flute," a critical term I borrow from Kapila Vatsyayan, a renowned Indian art and culture-critic.