wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… … Universalium
Wind instrument — A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the… … Wikipedia
Slide — could be related to any of these.Mechanical*Evacuation slide *Landslide the movement of soil, mud or rock down a slope. *Playground slide a smooth, sloped surface down which (usually) children slide while sitting down. *Water slide a popular… … Wikipedia
Slide whistle — A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee whistle, piston flute or jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder s and a tube with a piston in it. It thus has an air reed like some woodwinds, but varies the pitch with … Wikipedia
slide — Synonyms and related words: Photostat, Telephoto, Wirephoto, Xerox, Xerox copy, advance, aerial photograph, aerophone, alabaster, avalanche, be effortless, be painless, bell, billiard table, black and white photograph, blowup, blueprint, bolt… … Moby Thesaurus
wind — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Vayu, Zephyr, Zephyrus, about ship, aerate, aerophone, air, air out, air condition, air cool, airify, allure, antelope, arch, arrow, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, back and fill,… … Moby Thesaurus
slide whistle — noun A wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorders and a tube with a piston in it, the pitch being varied with a slide, commonly used as a sound effect to accompany pratfalls in slapstick. Syn: jazz flute, piston flute … Wiktionary
slide trombone — Synonyms and related words: alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, brass choir, brass wind, brass wind instrument, brasses, bugle, bugle horn, clarion, cornet, cornet a pistons, corno di caccia, cornopean,… … Moby Thesaurus
History of wind band — The modern wind band, often referred to with distinction as a Wind Ensemble, is a result of the evolutionary process of the past three hundred and fifty years.Fennell, Frederick. Time and the Winds. G. LeBlanc Co.] The role of a wind instrument… … Wikipedia
percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to … Universalium
