instrument à anche simple

Definitions of instrument à anche simple
  1. noun
    a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
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    clarinette
    a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
    matelote
    an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
    saxo, saxophone
    a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
    clarinette basse
    a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
    clarinette si bémol
    the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
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    instrument à anche
    a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
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