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| ocarina |
a small wind instrument that has a small mouthpiece and finger holes, is shaped somewhat like an elongated potato, and produces soft, hollow sounds. |
| overblow |
to play (a wind instrument) by blowing so as to sound higher overtones instead of the fundamental tone. [2/3 definitions] |
| recorder |
any of a family of flutelike wind instruments with eight holes and a whistlelike mouthpiece. [1/3 definitions] |
| sackbut |
a medieval wind instrument regarded as the predecessor of the trombone. |
| saxhorn |
any of a group of valved brass wind instruments, varying in range from soprano to bass, that are played esp. in bands. |
| saxophone |
any of several wind instruments that have a conical metal body, finger keys, and a mouthpiece with a single reed; alto, tenor, baritone, soprano, or bass saxophone. |
| shawm |
an early double-reed wind instrument, recognized as the forerunner of the oboe. |
| sousaphone |
a brass wind instrument of the tuba family that has a large movable bell and a tube that encircles the player's body, used esp. in marching bands. |
| tongue |
to articulate (notes played on a wind instrument) by moving the tongue in short strokes. [2/10 definitions] |
| tonguing |
the use of the tongue to stop the stream of air in playing a wind instrument, in order to articulate notes. |
| trombone |
a brass wind instrument consisting of a long tube bent in two parallel loops ending in a bell, that is played by means of valves or by a slide that shortens or lengthens the tube to produce different tones. |
| trumpet |
a brass wind instrument with three valves atop a looped tube that ends in a flared bell, which produces bright, strong, often piercing tones. [1/9 definitions] |
| tuba |
one of a family of large, oval, brass wind instruments that produce notes in the bass range. |
| wind1 |
(pl.) a group of wind instruments, as in an orchestra. [1/14 definitions] |
| woodwind |
any of a group of musical wind instruments, including clarinets, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and sometimes saxophones, that were originally made of wood. [1/2 definitions] |
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