blaasinstrument

Definitions of blaasinstrument
  1. noun
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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    bugel, koper
    a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
    mirliton
    a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
    orgel, pijporgel
    wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
    orgelpijp, pijp
    the flues and stops on a pipe organ
    fluit, fluitje
    a tubular wind instrument
    accordeon, harmonica, harmonika, musette, trekharmonica, trekharmonika, trekzak
    a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
    doedel, doedelzak
    a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
    sousafoon, tuba
    the lowest brass wind instrument
    bugel
    a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
    klaroen, klaroengeschal
    a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
    concertina
    free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
    cornet, cornet à pistons, hoorn, horen, kornet, trompet, trompettist
    a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
    baspijp, bourdon
    a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
    blokfluit, recorder
    a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
    labiaalpijp, lippijp
    organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
    fluit, fluitje, traverso
    a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
    hoorn, horen, waldhoorn
    a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
    glasharmonica, glasharmonika, harmonika, harp, mondharmonica, mondharmonika, mondorgel
    a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
    harmonium, huisorgel, kamerorgel, orgel
    a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
    bourdon, orgelregister, register, stem
    a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
    syrinx
    a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
    stemfluitje
    a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
    mirliton
    organ pipe with a vibrating reed
    saxhoorn
    any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
    bazuin, schuiftrombone, schuiftrompet, trombone
    a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
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    instrument, muziekinstrument
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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